Acquiring and exporting images
You can use the Acquire and Export commands in the Image menu to
work with raster image files. These commands are especially useful
because you can add new file formats by installing Photoshop-com-
patible plug-in modules.
Exporting images
When you use an Export command, you create a file on disk from a
single selected paint object. Using Export is similar to using Save As,
except that you must select a paint object before you choose Export.
Export is not available if a paint object is not selected.
To export an image
1
Select the paint object to export. Be sure the paint object is not
in edit mode.
2
Choose Image > Export > file format, where file format is the
name of a file format in the Export submenu.
3
In the directory dialog box, type a file name, select a location
for the exported file, and then click Save.
If the image mode of the selected paint object is not supported by the
format file you choose, the Render Image dialog box appears. In the
dialog box, you can select an image format supported by the file for-
mat. If an image mode is not available in the Mode pop-up menu, the
selected file format does not support that mode. See Rendering
objects and images on page 31.593 for more information.
Acquiring images
You can use commands in the Image > Acquire submenu to import
images from files on disk. You can also acquire images from scan-
ners and digital cameras using the TWAIN interface or acquire plug-
in modules.
Acquiring an image places it in the current document as a paint
object. In most cases, Canvas stacks acquired images at the center of
the current view.
Note: The Open and Place commands work with image files also.
The Open command opens a file as a new document. The Place com-
mand places a file in the current document. These commands will not
import an image file as a proxy or import multiple images at once.