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It's easy to import & edit images with Adobe Photoshop Elements.  Follow the simple instructions below ...
Opening Photoshop Elements
Photoshop Elements opens with a Welcome Screen. From this screen, you can:
  • Create a New File
  • Browse for file(s)
  • Connect to a camera or scanner to import photos for editing
  • Follow a step-by-step recipe (Common Issues)
  • Follow a Tutorial (Help)

The browse option is the best way to find and open an existing file from your computer, a disk or a CD.

Browse, New, and Open are also options from within Photoshop Elements (File menu) once you are working in the program.

Opening (importing) an image from your computer.
(click on thumbnails for full-size view)

Click on "file" - "open".

Browse to the image you want to open. Click "open".
To Import from a Scanner (directions).
Common Image File Types
  • .JPG - file extension for JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group). A file stored in JPEG format. JPEG,an ISO/ITU standard for storing images with high compression capability, uses a discreet cosine transform that can achieve compression rates of 100:1 (significant loss of data from original) and 20:1 (minimal loss). C-Cube Microsystems introduced the first JPEG chip.
  • .PSD Photoshop Document
  • .PCX - 1. PC Paintbrush 2. Graphics file - Zsoft format
  • .BMP - Bitmap (Windows native image files)
  • .TIFF - Tagged Image Format File
  • .GIF - Graphics Interchange Format

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