How to Transfer Windows Photo Gallery Files to Adobe Photo Files

The Windows Photo Gallery photos can be assigned new file extensions in Adobe software programs. Converting images to Adobe photo files on your PC increases the security of the published image. Image file extensions that are not recognized by all programs can be saved as .jpg with Adobe software. A JPEG image file is recognized by most web programs.

Things You'll Need

• Windows operating system
• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Photoshop

Instructions

Photo Transfer

1. Automatically download photos from your camera or scanner into the Windows Photo Gallery. This program organizes your images into folders. Use the basic editing options in this software like rotate image and crop image. Download trials or purchase Adobe products to transfer photos from Windows Photo Gallery to an Adobe photo. Windows is a PC program. Adobe photo files are compatible with Macintosh systems and Windows.

2. Open your photos in the Windows Photo Gallery and choose a photo to edit. Right-click the photo for transfer. Scroll to the "Open with..." option in the right-click box. Choose the Adobe Photoshop program. Your photo will open in Photoshop for editing. Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop and Lightroom (beta) programs can be downloaded for a trial period from the Adobe Lab website.

3. Organize your Adobe photos into a separate folder by date, or by subject matter. Save the larger, original camera photos. Save your photo edits under a new filename. This allows you to return to the original image. The image editing capacity of Photoshop is greater than that in your Windows Photo Gallery.

   Edit the photo to the proper size by scrolling to the IMAGE tab and highlighting "image size". Photoshop also allows you to adjust colors, change brightness or contrast, and manipulate your image with layers. Your Adobe photo file can be emailed, or published to your website after editing.

4. Save each edited photo to the desktop. Remember your photo location. Adobe photos can be saved as a number of different file types, such as .tiff, .pbm, .psd, or .jpg. Prevent others from altering the image, or re-using your photo for commercial interests in Adobe Acrobat. The Adobe Acrobat program can save your photo files as a PDF, without editing in Photoshop.

Tips & Warnings

• Instruct the email recipient to download the FREE Adobe Reader from their website.

• Copyrighting is a feature of an Adobe PDF photo file. Digitally protect the photo by converting the image to a PDF file.

References

• West Coast Imaging: Preparing photos for the web without losing saturation
• Photoshop Tutorial
• Windows Photo Gallery

Resources

• Photoshop Tutorial
• Adobe Lab: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3