Photoshop Exercise #36 - Practice Opening an Image File in Photoshop

Opening an Image File in Photoshop
This Exercise will help students to understand the scenarios/Techniques of opening image in Photoshop.

Techniques (Scenarios)
Images can be opened in the following scenarios.

Opening image into its own canvas.
Opening image on another canvas.

When & Which Techniques is to be Used

Opening image into its own canvas.

This technique will be used when an image is to be edited. For example

We need to remove background from the image.
We need to make adjustments, such as color balance, levels and contrast etc..

Opening image on Another Canvas.

This technique will be used when an image is to be used as an design element. For example

We need to place image as a background.
We need to place images of products in an advertisement banner, images of students on the flyer of a school etc.. Note* These example are not the only case..

Methods of Opening Image

Following are the methods of Opening image into Photoshop.
Method 1 (Open Image into its Own Canvas)

Step1: Click on File Menu
Step2: Click on "Open" Option. (Ctrl + O)
Step3: Browse folder for the image.
Step4: Click on image, which is to be selected.
Step5: Click on open option.

Method 2 (Open Image On another Canvas)

Step1: Click on File Menu
Step2: Click on "Place" Option.
Step3: Browse folder for the image.
Step4: Click on image, which is to be selected.
Step5: Click on place option

Method 3 (Open Image: into its Own/Another Canvas)

This method is a Drag & Drop method.It is very fast and commonly used by designers. But this is a bit tricky, Because it can be used in both scenarios of opening image.

Step1: Open the folder from where image is to be selected.
Step2: Click and Hold on the Image, which is to be opened.
Step3: Drag mouse and bring it over the Photoshop shop icon on the "Task Bar". (Don't Release Click)
Step4: When Photoshop gets automatically opened,
Step5: Release Mouse Click (which was hold in step 2)