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The Open command

The Open command - Photoshop Tutorial

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The Open command

- [Deke] All right now, we're going to talk about the Open command. And in case that's invoking a groan on your part, you're sitting there thinking, "Come on, Deke. How hard can the Open command be? You choose a command. You navigate to a folder. You select a file." Well, that's the way it normally works, but in Photoshop, it's quite tricky thanks to the fact that we have relatively new cloud documents, we have older model Creative Cloud files, and then you've got your personal files on your local hard drives. And so, you get to the Open command in the standard way by going to the File menu and choosing the Open command. Or if you're looking at the home screen, you can click on the Open button. Now, in my case, it's taking me to the old Creative Cloud files. And I say old because this was the CC model back in 2019 and earlier, where you could trade files with mobile devices. For example, if I scroll down a…

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