Apps launching automatically with downloads

how can i stop apps from launching automatically when i download items? for example, when i download an image from Facebook, photoshop launches automatically. same thing happened with some png format clipart... fireworks launched automatically. this is a pain the butt! any suggestions?
i am running yosemite on an iMac.

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