About creating a new blank raster image

When creating a new blank rater image you are generating a user-defined  blank canvas upon which you can draw raster elements or paste raster files.

If your goal is to simply open a raster image then there is no need to open a blank raster image first.

How to create a new blank raster image

1.	Click or select File Menu > Raster > New.

(You can also select File Menu > Tile > Create Target Sheet, which does exactly the same thing.)