{"id":35288,"date":"2024-03-29T09:57:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T13:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/?p=35288"},"modified":"2025-02-23T08:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T13:39:48","slug":"the-easy-way-to-open-or-add-images-in-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/basics\/the-easy-way-to-open-or-add-images-in-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Open or Add Images in Photoshop the Easy Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"summary\">\n<p>Learn the fast and easy way to open an image as a new document, or import images as layers in your document, just by dragging and dropping them into Photoshop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"video3\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n    <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/GD2PU0N3Dy0?si=6wvDD0M27q_Fgl3e\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"pdf-download-link\">Download the PDF: <a href=\"\/?s2member_file_download=pdf\/photoshop-basics\/2025-Open_Or_Add_Images_The_Easy_Way.pdf&s2member_skip_confirmation\" title=\"Download PDF\">Open or Add Images the Easy Way<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>Photoshop has <q>official<\/q> ways to open or import images, like the <a href=\"\/basics\/open-images-photoshop-cc\/\" title=\"Learn how to open images in Photoshop\">Open button<\/a> on the Home Screen for opening an image as a new document, or the <a href=\"\/basics\/open-image-vs-place-image\/\" title=\"Learn more about Place Embedded\">Place Embedded<\/a> and <a href=\"\/basics\/open-multiple-images-as-layers-in-photoshop\/\" title=\"Learn how to open multiple images as layers in Photoshop\">Load Files into Stack<\/a> commands for importing images as layers into an existing document.<\/p>\n<p>But the easiest and fastest way to open or add images is to simply <strong>drag and drop<\/strong> them from your computer\u2019s operating system (using Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder) directly into Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial, you\u2019ll learn how to drag and drop images to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"f1\">\n<li>Open an image as a new Photoshop document<\/li>\n<li>Add an image as a layer to an existing document<\/li>\n<li>Import multiple images as layers in Photoshop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Which Photoshop version do I need?<\/h2>\n<p>I'm using <a href=\"https:\/\/adobe.prf.hn\/click\/camref:1100lrdjJ\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adobe.com%2Fproducts%2Fphotoshop.html\" title=\"Get Photoshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Photoshop 2025<\/a> but any recent version will 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 class=\"sub\">Drag and drop to open an image in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>To open an image from Photoshop\u2019s Home Screen, the official way is to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"f1\">\n<li>Click the <strong>Open<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to your image and select it, then<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Open<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But the faster way is to drag your image from Windows Explorer, or Finder on a Mac, and drop it directly onto the Home Screen.<\/p>\n<p>In this example, I\u2019m dragging and dropping an image onto the Home Screen from Windows Explorer on a PC.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/drag-and-drop-home-screen.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging and dropping an image onto Photoshop\u2019s Home Screen to open it.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Dragging and dropping an image onto Photoshop\u2019s Home Screen to open it.<\/div>\n<p>The image instantly opens in a new Photoshop document when you release your mouse button.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/image-open-new-photoshop-document.jpg\" alt=\"The image opens in a new Photoshop document.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image opens in a new document.<\/div>\n<p>If you <a href=\"\/basics\/hide-the-home-screen\/\" title=\"Learn how to hide the Home Screen in Photoshop\">disabled Photoshop\u2019s Home Screen<\/a>, and no document is open, you can drag and drop the image into the blank area of the interface and it will open in a new document.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/drag-and-drop-home-screen-disabled.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging and dropping an image into Photoshop\u2019s standard workspace.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Dragging and dropping an image into Photoshop\u2019s standard workspace.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Drag and drop to add an image as a layer in Photoshop<\/h2>\n<p>The official way to add an image as a layer to an existing Photoshop document is to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"f1\">\n<li>Open the <strong>File<\/strong> menu.<\/li>\n<li>Choose the <strong>Place Embedded<\/strong> command.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to your image and select it, then<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Place<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But the faster way is to drag your image from Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder and drop it directly into the document.<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019m dragging and dropping my second image onto the first image.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/drag-and-drop-to-import-image-as-layer.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging and dropping an image into an existing Photoshop document.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Dragging and dropping an image into an existing document.<\/div>\n<p>Photoshop adds the image and places it on a new layer.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/image-added-as-layer.jpg\" alt=\"The image is added on a new layer in the document.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image is added on a new layer in the document.<\/div>\n<p>When placing an image, either with the Place Embedded command or by dragging and dropping it, Photoshop first opens  <a href=\"\/basics\/transform-and-warp-images-with-free-transform-in-photoshop-cc-2019\/\">Free Transform<\/a> so you can resize or reposition the image if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Click the <strong>check mark<\/strong> in the Options Bar to close Free Transform and add the image to the document.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/close-free-transform.jpg\" alt=\"Clicking the check mark to close Free Transform.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the check mark to close Free Transform.<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">Drag and drop to import multiple images as layers<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, to import multiple images as layers into your Photoshop document, the official way is to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"f1\">\n<li>Open the <strong>File<\/strong> menu, choose <strong>Scripts<\/strong> and then <strong>Load Files into Stack<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Browse<\/strong> to navigate to your images.<\/li>\n<li>Select the images you want to import, then<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But the fastest way to import images as layers is to select the images you want to import in Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder and then (you guessed it) drag and drop them into your document.<\/p>\n<p>Here I\u2019m selecting my third and fourth images in Windows Explorer.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/select-images-to-import.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting the images to import as layers.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Selecting the images to import as layers.<\/div>\n<p>Then I\u2019ll drag and drop them into the document.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/drag-and-drop-images-to-import-as-layers.jpg\" alt=\"Dragging and dropping the selected images into the document.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Dragging and dropping the selected images into the document.<\/div>\n<p>When importing multiple images, Photoshop will pause after each image is imported so you can resize or reposition it using <strong>Free Transform<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll need to click the <strong>check mark<\/strong> in the Options Bar repeatedly to proceed through the images until they have all been added.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/click-checkmark.jpg\" alt=\"Clicking the check mark to close Free Transform as each image is imported.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Clicking the check mark to close Free Transform as each image is imported.<\/div>\n<p>Once all your images are in the document, they appear on individual layers in the Layers panel.<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/basics\/2024\/drag-and-drop-images\/images-imported-as-layers-photoshop.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop\u2019s Layers panel showing the images imported as layers.\" width=\"809\" height=\"459\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Photoshop\u2019s Layers panel showing the images imported as layers.<\/div>\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 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That\u2019s how to quickly open or import images just by dragging and dropping them into Photoshop.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related tutorials:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"f1\">\n<li><a href=\"\/basics\/hide-the-home-screen\/\" title=\"Learn more\">How to hide Photoshop's Home Screen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/basics\/hide-photoshop-with-screen-modes-and-interface-tricks\/\" title=\"How to hide the Photoshop interface\">Hide Photoshop with Screen Modes and interface tricks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"photo-editing\/save-your-own-adjustment-layer-presets-in-photoshop\/\" title=\"How to save your own adjustment layer presets in Photoshop\">How to save your own adjustment layer presets<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All of my Photoshop tutorials are available to <a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\" title=\"Learn more\">download as PDFs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"members-ad\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Get all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a> Download them today!<\/div><br \/>\n<div 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