Notice, though, that the name of each file below its thumbnail is currently missing the three-letter file extension (.jpg. I was pleased to discover that you can change the default size of image thumbnails to and make them larger or smaller. I would have to open each file just to make out what the heck the photo was. Here, I've opened a folder on my Desktop with three images inside of it. The thumbnail size in Microsoft Windows 10 was too small for me. If you're using Windows 7, you'll want to check out our previous Make Photoshop Your Default Image Editor In Windows tutorial, while Mac users will want to read through the Make Photoshop Your Default Image Editor In Mac OS X version.ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! Turning On File Name Extensionsįirst, navigate to a folder on your PC that contains one or more photos. This tutorial is strictly for Windows 8 and 8.1 users. In this tutorial, we'll learn how to make Adobe Photoshop the default image viewer and editor for popular file formats like JPEG, PNG and TIFF in Windows 8 and 8.1.īy 'default image viewer and editor', what I mean is that rather than having Windows continue to open your image files in some other program like Windows Photo Viewer or the Photos app, you'll be able to double-click on your images in Windows Explorer and have them open directly and automatically in Photoshop!

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