{"id":31373,"date":"2021-06-01T00:23:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T04:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=31373"},"modified":"2022-11-05T10:46:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T14:46:59","slug":"open-image-vs-place-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/basics\/open-image-vs-place-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Image vs Place Image in Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"summary\">\n<p>Learn the difference between the Open command and the Place Embedded command in Photoshop and which is better for blending two images together! Watch the video or follow along with the written tutorial below it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"video3\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n     <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZDYDaSUmvpQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this tutorial, I show you the difference between <em>opening<\/em> an image and <em>placing<\/em> an image in Photoshop. As we'll see, both the Open command and the Place command let you select an image and open it. But where that image ends up once it\u2019s in Photoshop depends on which command you use. One will open the image in its own separate document. The other lets you open the image as a layer in an <em>existing<\/em> document, which makes it easy to blend two images together! Let's see how they work. <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>Let's get started!<\/p>\n<p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"sub\">Which version of Photoshop do I need?<\/h2>\n<p>I'm using Photoshop 2021 but you can follow along with any recent version. <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100lrdjJ\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adobe.com%2Fproducts%2Fphotoshop.html\" title=\"Get Photoshop Adobe Photoshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get the latest Photoshop version here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How to open an image in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>For this lesson, I'll open two images into Photoshop, first using the Open command and then using a separate command called Place Embedded. I currently have no images or documents open.<\/p>\n<h3>The Open command<\/h3>\n<p>Let\u2019s start with the Open command, which you can get to by going up to the <strong>File<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar and choosing <strong>Open<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/file-open.png\" alt=\"The Open command in Photoshop's File menu\" width=\"256\" height=\"109\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Photoshop's Open command.<\/div>\n<h3>The Place Embedded command<\/h3>\n<p>But before I select it, if we look further down the list, there\u2019s another command under the File menu called <strong>Place Embedded<\/strong>. And this is what we use to <em>place<\/em> an image into Photoshop:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/place-embeded.png\" alt=\"The Place Embedded command in Photoshop's File menu\" width=\"259\" height=\"91\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Photoshop's Place Embedded command.<\/div>\n<p>At the moment, the Place Embedded command is grayed out, which means we can\u2019t select it. And the reason is that I currently have no other documents open. Before we can place an image, we need to have at least one document already open. You\u2019ll see why in a moment. <\/p>\n<h3>Opening the first image<\/h3>\n<p>So since we can\u2019t select Place Embedded, I\u2019ll choose <strong>Open<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/file-open.png\" alt=\"Choosing the Open command in Photoshop's File menu\" width=\"256\" height=\"109\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Going to File &gt; Open.<\/div>\n<p>Then I\u2019ll navigate to the folder on my computer that holds my images. In this case, I have two jpeg images. The first is a portrait and the second is a texture.   I\u2019ll click on the portrait image to select it, and then I\u2019ll click <strong>Open<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/open-first-image.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting and opening the first image into Photoshop\" width=\"623\" height=\"404\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting and opening the first image.<\/div>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100lrdjJ\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fstock.adobe.com%2Fimages%2Fbeauty-portrait-of-female-face-with-natural-skin%2F205506435\" title=\"View image on Adobe Stock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the image<\/a> opens in Photoshop as expected:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/first-image-open-in-photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"The first image opens in Photoshop\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The first image opens in Photoshop.<\/div>\n<p>Now what has actually happened is that Photoshop created a new document to hold the image, and it placed the image inside it. The name of the document appears in the <strong>tab<\/strong> just below the Options Bar:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/document-tab.png\" alt=\"The Photoshop document tab\" width=\"292\" height=\"131\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The document tab.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/basics\/opening-images-photoshop\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Related: Learn ALL the ways to get your images into Photoshop<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Opening the second image<\/h3>\n<p>I need my second image as well, the texture image. So I\u2019ll open it by going back to the <strong>File<\/strong> menu:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/file-menu.png\" alt=\"Opening the File menu in Photoshop's Menu Bar\" width=\"221\" height=\"103\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Opening the File menu in the Menu Bar.<\/div>\n<p>And this time, since I already have one document open, notice that the <strong>Place Embedded<\/strong> command is no longer grayed out, which means I <em>could<\/em> select it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/select-place-embedded.png\" alt=\"Photoshop's Place Embedded command is now available\" width=\"258\" height=\"90\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Place Embedded command is now available.<\/div>\n<p>But to see the difference between Open and Place Embedded, I\u2019ll ignore it for now and I\u2019ll once again choose the <strong>Open<\/strong> command:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/photoshop-open-command.png\" alt=\"Choosing the Open command in Photoshop's File menu\" width=\"258\" height=\"105\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Going again to File &gt; Open.<\/div>\n<p>Then I\u2019ll select my texture image and I\u2019ll click <strong>Open<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/open-second-image.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting and opening the second image into Photoshop\" width=\"623\" height=\"405\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting and opening the second image.<\/div>\n<p>And the <a href=\"https:\/\/clk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p(264303)a(2982769)g(22913540)url(https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/images\/grunge-59\/3393246)\" title=\"View image on Adobe Stock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second image<\/a> opens in Photoshop:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/second-image-open-in-photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"The second image opens in Photoshop\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The second image opens in Photoshop.<\/div>\n<h3>Two open images, two separate Photoshop documents<\/h3>\n<p>But notice that the second image opened in a separate document, and I now have two documents open, one for each image. We can switch between the documents by clicking the <strong>tabs<\/strong> at the top, but the images are completely separate from each other:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/document-tabs.png\" alt=\"Click the tabs to switch between open Photoshop documents\" width=\"506\" height=\"128\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click the tabs to switch between open documents.<\/div>\n<p>Each document has its own <a href=\"\/basics\/layers\/layers-panel\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Layers panel<\/a> showing the image on the Background layer. But because the images are in separate documents, there\u2019s no way for them to interact:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/layers-panels-both-documents.png\" alt=\"The Layers panel for the first document (left) and the second document (right)\" width=\"603\" height=\"257\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Layers panel for the first document (left) and the second document (right).<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/basics\/5-ways-move-images-photoshop-documents\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Related: Learn how to move images between Photoshop documents!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How to place an image in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>Having images open in separate documents is fine when we're working on each image independently and we don\u2019t need them to interact. So for those times, the Open command works great.<\/p>\n<p>But what if we want to blend or combine the two images together? In that case, having them in separate documents doesn't work. Instead, we need a way to open both images into the <em>same<\/em> document. And that is where <em>placing<\/em> an image comes in. And to place an image in Photoshop, we use the <strong>Place Embedded<\/strong> command.<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<h3>Closing the second image<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ll close my texture image for now by clicking the small <strong>x<\/strong> in its tab:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/close-second-image.png\" alt=\"Closing the second Photoshop document.\" width=\"506\" height=\"128\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Closing the second document.<\/div>\n<h3>Leaving the first image open<\/h3>\n<p>But remember that to place an image into Photoshop, we need to have at least one document already open. So I\u2019ll leave my portrait image open:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/first-image-still-open.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving the first Photoshop document open.\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Leaving the first document open.<\/div>\n<h3>Placing the second image<\/h3>\n<p>Then to place the second image into this document, I\u2019ll go up to the <strong>File<\/strong> menu:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/file-menu.png\" alt=\"Opening the File menu in Photoshop's Menu Bar\" width=\"221\" height=\"103\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Opening the File menu.<\/div>\n<p>But instead of choosing the Open command, I\u2019ll choose <strong>Place Embedded<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/choose-place-embedded-photoshop.png\" alt=\"Choosing the Place Embedded command in Photoshop.\" width=\"258\" height=\"107\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choosing the Place Embedded command.<\/div>\n<p>I\u2019ll select the texture image and then I\u2019ll click <strong>Place<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/select-and-place-image-photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting and placing the second image into Photoshop.\" width=\"623\" height=\"371\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting and placing the second image.<\/div>\n<h3>Two open images, one Photoshop document<\/h3>\n<p>And this time, instead of opening in a separate document, it opens in the same document as the first image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/second-image-placed-into-photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"The second image opens in the same Photoshop document as the first image\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The second image opens in the same document as the first image.<\/div>\n<p>By default, Photoshop opens the Free Transform command so we can resize the image before placing it. Since my texture is a bit smaller than the portrait, I\u2019ll drag the <strong>handles<\/strong> to make it larger:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/resize-texture.jpg\" alt=\"Scaling the placed image with Free Transform in Photoshop\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Scaling the image with Free Transform before placing it.<\/div>\n<p>Then to accept it and close Free Transform, I\u2019ll click the <strong>check mark<\/strong> in the Options Bar:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/click-checkmark-close-free-transform.png\" alt=\"Closing Photoshop's Free Transform command by clicking the check mark.\" width=\"245\" height=\"104\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the check mark.<\/div>\n<h3>Placed images open as layers<\/h3>\n<p>In the Layers panel, notice that the second image opened on its own layer above the first image. <\/p>\n<p>If I turn the texture image off by clicking its <strong>visibility icon<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/turn-texture-image-off.png\" alt=\"Turning off the texture image in Photoshop's Layers panel\" width=\"310\" height=\"271\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Turning off the texture image layer.<\/div>\n<p>The portrait image reappears:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/first-image-visible.jpg\" alt=\"The first image is once again visible after turning off the second image.\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The first image is once again visible.<\/div>\n<p>And if I turn the texture layer back on:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/turn-second-layer-on.png\" alt=\"Turning on the texture image in Photoshop's Layers panel\" width=\"310\" height=\"161\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Turning on the texture image layer.<\/div>\n<p>The texture reappears. So by using the Place Embedded command instead of the Open command, I was able to open both images into the same document:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/texture-image-appears.jpg\" alt=\"The second image is visible after turning on its layer.\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The second image is visible.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Blending the two images together<\/h2>\n<p>And because both images are in the same document, I can blend them together. The easiest way to do that is with Photoshop\u2019s blend modes.<\/p>\n<h3>Changing the layer blend mode<\/h3>\n<p>With the texture layer selected, I\u2019ll change the blend mode from Normal to <strong>Soft Light<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/choose-soft-light-blend-mode.png\" alt=\"Changing the texture's blend mode to Soft Light in Photoshop's Layers panel\" width=\"304\" height=\"227\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Changing the texture's blend mode to Soft Light.<\/div>\n<p>This blends the texture with the image below it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/images-blended-soft-light.jpg\" alt=\"The result with the texture's blend mode set to Soft Light.\" width=\"803\" height=\"455\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The result with the texture's blend mode set to Soft Light.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/basics\/three-ways-to-blend-two-images-together-photoshop\/\" title=\"Learn more\">Related: Learn 3 easy ways to blend two images together!<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Lowering the layer opacity<\/h3>\n<p>Then to fade the texture, I\u2019ll lower the <strong>opacity<\/strong> of the texture layer from 100 percent down to <strong>60 percent<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/layer-opacity-60percent.png\" alt=\"Fading the texture by lowering its Opacity value.\" width=\"295\" height=\"227\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Fading the texture by lowering the Opacity value.<\/div>\n<p>And here's the final result with the texture looking more subtle:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/cc\/2021\/open-image-vs-place-image\/two-images-blended-together-photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"The texture and the image blended together in Photoshop\" width=\"803\" height=\"457\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The blending effect after lowering the texture's opacity.<\/div>\n<p>And there we have it! That\u2019s the difference between opening an image and placing an image in Photoshop. Use the Open command when all you have is a single image or you want to open multiple images in separate documents. And use Place Embedded to place an image into an existing document. <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Now that you know how to place a single image into an existing document, check out my other tutorial where I show you <a href=\"\/basics\/open-multiple-images-as-layers-in-photoshop\/\" title=\"Learn more\">how to load multiple images as layers<\/a> into a document. 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