Chapter Two. Working with Digital Image Files

It’s never been a more exciting time for those of us who are interested in digital imaging. We are literally in the midst of a digital revolution, where new technological discoveries are spawning remarkable creativity, vitality, and growth. As a result, knowing how to work with digital files has never been more important.

This chapter is designed to function as a cornerstone to the rest of the work you do in Photoshop as you read through the book. It will hopefully get you up to speed on many of the fundamentals of digital imaging, and how to open, save, and resize them, among other things.

Opening Documents

There are several methods of opening an image file into Photoshop. You can use Adobe Bridge, the ...

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