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jyunte9
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February 24, 2022

P: "Quick Export As PNG" Used to save in same folder as current image. Not any more!

  • February 24, 2022
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One of the great things about doing a quick export as a PNG in Photoshop CC was that it would automatically save the PNG in the same folder as the image currently being edited. That made it a simple task to type the keyboard shortcut of your choice and simply press enter to save it alongside the current image.

 

But, no more! Even with the Preference "Export" - "Export As Location" set to "Export assets to the location of the current document", the Export location defaults to the last location used. I have tried resetting Photoshop preferences to default but that has not helped.

 

Please, can we have Photoshop do what it's being told to do -- save the asset in the location of the current document? Quick Export is not longer a quick export if we have to navigate a drive's file structure to export the image to the same folder as the current image!

 

Photoshop 23.1.1 Release

Windows 10

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    Addie5E15
    Participant
    July 11, 2023

    Hi @BrettN! Any updates on fixing this feature for users? I'm sure it seems small, but it impacts our workflos greatly!

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      cmahoney-media
      Participant
      July 11, 2023

      It's really frustrating that this is still an issue and to see that Adobe is not even working on it.

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        jyunte9Author
        Inspiring
        July 11, 2023
        It's only the *default* folder that Photoshop should choose. It shouldn't
        force anything on the user - that's not what I'm suggesting. When you do a
        quick export, Photoshop should display the Save As dialog, with the chosen
        default folder selected (an assets folder, or the folder where the image
        you're currently editing resides, or the last folder where you exported an
        image). You can navigate away from there if you wish. This used to be the
        default behavior, until Adobe changed it for the worse.
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          SimplyAli
          Participant
          July 11, 2023

          There seem to be a few variations of the way people want to Quick Export files, but to me there are only two variables:  1. Export Location - choose a folder each time, the previously used folder, the folder where the working file is, or an assets folder. 2. File Name - the ability to rename the export file each time, or it always overrides anything with the same name. Personally I would like to be able to do a semi Quick Export where it exports to the same folder as the current working file and the only thing I have to change is the file name in order to prevent overriding of previous exports. I don't want the file location to be my previous folder and I don't want an assets folder.

            BrettN
            Community Manager
            BrettNCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            April 18, 2023

            Unfortunately, my team is not currently working on Export As and related features, which is why I haven't provided any updates lately. I don't know what the current development plans are in this area. If I hear anything I'll post an update, or if I find someone who can provide more information, I'll send them here. 

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              jyunte9Author
              Inspiring
              April 18, 2023
              quoteWhat we're discussing is the presence of the "assets" folder. That's what you want to get rid of. What I'm saying is that this has implications you may not have thought about.



              That may be what you are discussing, but that's not what we are discussing.

               

              We are discussing Photoshop forcing us to either save in an Assets folder or as a Location. 

              Photoshop used to allow us to save in the same location as the file currently being edited, by default. That option was removed. We want it back as the current options create a messy workflow. Rather than delete the current Preference options, I suggested adding back the original functionality, but not forcing it on anyone by adding it as a third option in the Preferences. Those who are happy with the current functionality would not lose anything. Those who want the orginal functionality would get it back. "Export" would simply start the Export File dialog box in the location chosen by the user in Preferences (on of the three options).

               

              Accidentally or automatically overwriting the original file during the Export function is not an issue.

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                jyunte9Author
                Inspiring
                April 18, 2023
                quoteFor you they might be different file types, but for the next guy not. So my point stands: there has to be rules. Should it overwrite or not?

                 

                That's not a valid argument. The Export option would always show the "Save As" dialog box, which would allow you to navigate to any folder you want. But the starting point should be one of the three options given in the Preferences that we are suggesting.

                  D Fosse
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                  D FosseCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  April 18, 2023

                  There already is, that's not what we're discussing.

                   

                  What we're discussing is the presence of the "assets" folder. That's what you want to get rid of. What I'm saying is that this has implications you may not have thought about.

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                  jyunte9Author
                  Inspiring
                  April 18, 2023
                  It's pretty simple...

                  1) "Export assets to the location of the current document"
                  This does what it says: if you're editing a PSD in C:\My Documents, when
                  you export in another format, it exports the file to "C:\My Documents".

                  2) "Ask where to export each time"
                  Asks where you want to save it... eg. "C:\My Documents\My Project\Images"
                  rather than "C:\Photos"

                  3) "Export files to an assets folder next to the current document"...
                  ...Is in no way the same as #1.
                  #3 forces the user to save documents in a new "Assets" folder, rather than
                  in the folder where the document that is currently being edited. Your
                  concern about overwriting the document currently being edited is not an
                  issue. For a start, you can't overwrite (using "Save As" or "Export") a
                  document that's currently being edited in Photoshop. Photoshop won't let
                  you. Secondly, if you could, you would receive a warning, just as you do
                  when you try to overwrite ANY already existing file.

                  All the 3 choices do is tell Photoshop which folder to serve up as the
                  starting folder for the Export action. You can still navigate away from
                  there to any other folder, using the dialog box options, if you wish. Just
                  as it did before.

                  We understand the point of an Assets folder. We just don't want it to be
                  forced on us. We want the option that was available to us in earlier
                  versions and taken away from us, which was to be able to Export to the same
                  folder as the document that's currently being edited - not a subfolder.
                  That's why I suggested three options, rather than just two. Right now, to
                  save the Exported file in the same folder along with the original, we have
                  to navigate from wherever the last project was (which may be on another
                  drive, 12 folders deep!) to the current folder. It's clumsy. It's annoying.
                  If people want to choose where to save the file each time, there's options
                  #2 and #3, or just navigate to where you want to save it.





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                    Addie5E15
                    Participant
                    April 18, 2023

                    The save dialog box should pop up, giving you a chance to overwrite it if you want to. But the point of this entire thread is that the default location of the save (the one that shows up in the dialog box) should be the location of the current PSD file, and not wherever the most recent "quick export" PNG was previously saved.

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