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Dan Rodney
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Dan RodneyCommunity Expert
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August 19, 2021
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P: Bring back JPEG quality percentage to Export As dialog

  • August 19, 2021
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I updated to Photoshop version 22.5.0 and just noticed that File > Export > Export As has a majorly dumbed down JPEG quality menu. Photoshop is for professionals. Having accurate control over quality is import for optimizing to a small file size. Giving a few choices (and not even telling us what quality they are) is not acceptable for a pro app. I know for now I can go into prefs and use the legacy version, but please bring back the quality percentage!

 

I also posted this on the Photoshop Feedback website which I think is a more appropriate place to discuss this, but wanted to see what other people think. It's probably best to comment there so Adobe knows. Photoshop Feedback: Bring back JPEG quality percentage to Export As dialog 

 

{Moderator edited title - PS-71391}

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    Dan Rodney
    Community Expert
    Dan RodneyCommunity ExpertAuthor
    Community Expert
    June 27, 2023

    I'm sorry, but for a Pro app that gave us 100 values of control before, don't expect us to celebrate us getting only 7 values now. It's better than the menu was, but please give us more values back. I miss the fine tune control over quality and file size. This isn't Photoshop Elements, it's a pro app for pros. 

    — Adobe Certified Expert & Instructor at Noble Desktop | Web Developer, Designer, InDesign Scriptor
      Pete.Green
      Community Manager
      Pete.GreenCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      June 27, 2023

      Thanks to all for the votes and requests -- this was released in 23.2! 

       

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        Julien5C96
        Participant
        August 17, 2022

        Just upgraded to an M1...I really need that percentage adjustment for 'Export As'

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        Miriam25685811kwvv
        Participant
        August 17, 2022

        Hallo ich habe Photoshop auf einm neuen System instelliert und kann nun das Alte Exportiren als nicht mehr einestellen. Es ist für mich sehr wichtig jpg kb Größen genau zu exportirene und habe nur noch einen Regler mit niedrig und hoch s. screenshot.

        Ich brauche dringen diese alte Funktion wieder !

        Mac OS Monterey 12.5 (21G72)

        Vielen Dank 

        MR

         

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        marcel1977
        Participating Frequently
        July 22, 2022

        It is realy amazing:

        For Fast Export

        - Using legacy Export as: Quality 1 = 7%, 7 = 70%, "Export to folder o actual Element" works as expected

        - Don´t use legacy Export: Quality 1 = 95%, 7 = 30%, "Export to folder o actual Element" didn´t work. Folder is everytime the last used. Please repair quickly.

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        Matt Suda
        Participant
        July 22, 2022

        WOW this is a huge downgrade. It also defaults to choosing quality option "6" every time instead of "7" the highest quality. It was way better when we could drag the quality slider or enter a value and it always defaulted to 100%.

         

        Please add it back!

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        marcel1977
        Participating Frequently
        July 5, 2022

        Yes and "1" is only approx. 70%. If "1" may be old 100 it would be better as now, but bringing back 1-100 is the better choice for a professional Tool!

        Dan Rodney
        Community Expert
        Dan RodneyCommunity ExpertAuthor
        Community Expert
        April 26, 2022

        I'm happy for the performance improvements that latest export as gives, and the numbered slider is better than the poorly named options menu that first launched (so I'm happy that consideration is still being given to this matter). But giving professionals 7 steps is just not enough. We need more control, so please Adobe bring back the full range of 0-100% like we previously had. Thanks in advance.

        — Adobe Certified Expert & Instructor at Noble Desktop | Web Developer, Designer, InDesign Scriptor
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          barrya
          Known Participant
          April 25, 2022

          I absolutely need to dial in percentages of jpeg export in percentages in order to meet web ad banner size requirements when exporting. I've started using the 'File > Generate > Image Assets' to export images from photoshop since I have more control over the exports, and it's less buggy than 'Export As'.  With Generate, I can specify a 1-100% percentage, and a particular size. Still, Generate is terribly buggy and I have to work around issues with that. 

           

          Another show-stopper with 'Export As' is that images with strokes do not get smaller -- so if I export at 50% the stroke on a path remains the same size, looking twice as large. That doesn't happen with Generate.

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          rimcorp
          Participating Frequently
          April 24, 2022
          YES!!!! Time and resource wasting “export”… breaks work flow and is a pain in the ass to wait for the extra process to finish and get your production backup… don’t you “test” these “great idea upgrades” with actual production professionals working in “the real world”?????

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