Mock-up layers

davescm, I use Windows 10. Please tell me how I can fix this problem?

recently when I click on a Photoshop file it opens as a PDF instead of Photoshop

Hi

Computers look at the extension and use that to decide which program to open when you double-click. If it is wrong for you, do this to fix the association:

• Select the file in Finder
• Go to File > Get Info (Cmd+I)
• Choose the correct application
• Click Change All

Is it all Photoshop files that are opening in Illustrator or just the one?

What do the layers look like when you open the file in Photoshop instead of Illustrator?

Did you save the file as a Photoshop (PSD) file or as a Photoshop PDF file? Normally when you double-click a PDF in Finder, it will open in Mac Preview or Adobe Acrobat, but your file has opened in Adobe Illustrator. The extension is hidden behind the floating Layers panel group, so we can't see what it is.

What I think I'm seeing in Illustrator is that you have at least two groups of files, and I've tried to simulate that here. The group in back has two files and the group in front has three. To put them all into one group, choose Window > Arrange > Consolidate. Then to make your panels docked and not floating, choose Window > Workspace and Reset your current workspace. If you use the workspace called "Essentials Classic" instead of "Essentials", your main tool bar will have all of the tools by default instead of only half of them.

Do any of these posts answer your question? If not, please clarify.

~ Jane

How are you opening your files? Opening Photoshop and using File > Open should work as normal.

If double clicking the psd is opening Adobe Illustrator instead of Photoshop then you need to correct the file associations for psd in your operating system. It looks like you are using a Mac so, if this is your problem, then hopefully a Mac user will come along shortly to advise you. I use Windows here so cannot advise where to change that.

Dave

How you open file? From Photoshop > File > Open or by double clicking file or somehow else? On screenshot it seems you have two applications open and front app is Illustrator. Can you run Photoshop and try again using Open command?

Looks like you are in AI with two overlapping or side by side] tool bars with different layouts I do not ibstall AI they do not look like PS toolbar???