How to set default to RGB in Photoshop Elements 2024 Education Version (Windows 11)

[smaricic]

Hi, I opened a PDF file today and I wanted to highlight something in yellow.

I clicked on the foreground color square at the bottom left of the screen, then selected yellow in the Color Picker.  I clicked on OK.

The foreground color square did not change to yellow.  It remained what I would call a light blue-green.

I have used my Photoshop Elements 2024 several times since I bought it.  I don't recall this ever happening before.

I learned online that I could click on Images > Mode , and then change the setting to RGB.

But when I close the program and open it again, the mode changes back to Grayscale.

I want the mode to be RGB every time I open the program.

Why did this happen?

How do I change the default setting to RGB?  That should be easy, right?

I have wasted quite a bit of time on this so far.

Thanks in advance,

Steve

[Jeff Arola · Accepted solution]

In the Import PDF dialog change the Mode to RGB Color.

That should stay until you change it.

[smaricic]

Hi, Jeff,

     Thank you for your quick replies.

     Yes, your answer about changing the mode to RGB Color in Import PDF worked beautifully.

     I had tried to change the Import PDF settings by clicking on File > Import, but the only choice I saw there was WIA, not PDF. 

     I didn't even notice the choice you pointed out (after I clicked on Open With... PSE).  I just double-clicked on the page I wanted to open without looking around first.

 Thanks for your help,

  Steve

[Jeff Arola]

Did you already save that pdf from photoshop elements before?

If so, it was saved in Grayscale, so that's why it would open as Grayscale.