Editing Backgrounds in PhotoShop

I've been trying to edit a couple of backgrounds in
PhotoShop. I am able to edit them with no problem, but them I'm
unsure what to do in order to get Captivate to recognize the
revised image. Am I supposed to save the revised image in PhotoShop
first? If so, in what format and in what folder? Maybe I'm not
using Update properly.
I also tried to save the revised image in PhotoShop and then
import it into Captivate. Still no luck. I get an error message:
"An error was encountered while loading the image."
Does anyone have any experience successfully editing
backgrounds & images? There must be a procedure to follow.
Thanks.

Hi Training22
I don't believe you said which version of Captivate you were
using, but my answer will assume it is version 2.
From the Library panel, right-click the desired image or
background. When you do this, you should see a context menu. On
this menu should be an option labeled "Edit with...". After
choosing this option, navigate to your image editor (Photoshop in
your case) and open the editor. Make your changes and close the
editor. Save the changes when prompted. After the image editor
closes, the Captivate image should automatically update to reflect
the changes.
Note, however, that if you inserted the image from a location
on your hard drive, this image is changed as well. So if you prefer
to keep the image in its pristine format, you will need to rename
it or make a copy before you modify it.
Cheers... Rick

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