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Inspiring
January 13, 2012
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P: Option to disable the preview in "Save for Web"

  • January 13, 2012
  • 55 replies
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Hi,

I work intensive on websites and other digital media (such as apps) and use slices and "save for web" all the time.

When I have a big file with many slices on it and only want to save one or two, photoshop creates a preview of the whole file. This takes a some time. I often don ́t need this optimization feature, because every slice has set the correct file preset already.

For example I see that a color or gradient has to be changed on the page. I make some slightly color change at one slice (on a big image file with many slices) and start "save for web". It makes a big preview and I have to wait before I can save.
One "trick" I use is to crop my image to a small size with the needed slices, save for web and the undo. But when I forget to undo and save.....its big sh** 😉

● So I only want, that there is in the save for web & devices dialog a checkbox "create preview".

● Also it would be a solution to simply save the last state of the tabs in the preview area. So when I switch to "Original" it remembers next time and only start to create a preview when I change to "Preview" or "2-Up" etc.

● A smarter additional feature would be (for me and the growing mass of people working only digital) to have a faster method to save only one slice without start a (oldschool) dialog for that. For example a small save-icon (a disk!?) in the corner of every slice. Like now with the number. The type of image preset could be adjusted in the slices options panel.

Hope to get some feedback.

55 replies

Inspiring
February 27, 2019
Guys, they DO NOT CARE. That's what running a monopoly is like. But thankfully for EVERY designer in the world, all monopolies fail eventually. It's just a matter of time.
Participating Frequently
October 30, 2018
Saving out a GIF that has 800 frames, have to wait 10 mins between adjusting colours, I cant even set "Original" to default so that I can just export at 32, 64 and 128, which is faster than waiting for the preview itself.....

How long do we have to wait for a check box option????
Inspiring
October 24, 2018
Give me a break Adobe!!!! We are all SCREAMING for a way to turn off this senseless preview in Save for Web! You're killing our workflow!!!!!!!!!!
Inspiring
October 17, 2018
Is there any similar software? (in-which they actually listen to customers)
Participating Frequently
October 17, 2018
Still waiting....
Inspiring
April 5, 2018
I would also like this option. However, I have a range of actions to use for this. these usually flatten the art (saves a lot of time when scaling), changes image size and goes in save for web to save in specific file type, (when not specifying a save location, it puts it on the desktop). Then the action closes without saving or I choose to go back in my history.
Participating Frequently
March 27, 2018
Years later and the same problem exists, when working with 550cm x 480cm images, I could read this entire thread and my "PREVIEW" is still loading, i9 7900X 3.3GHz, 32gig RAM, GTX 1080Ti
Inspiring
December 22, 2017
I have sent a psb file to my client and he wont be able to open the file ..
its a large file ,in save as format their i can see only 3 formats psb ,raw and tiff ..these 3 formats cant solve my promblem and other fomats are not visible...NEED HELP
Participant
September 25, 2017
Thanks for the help. I'm running CS6 which doesn't have Export As. Save As gives me PNG32 and Save for Web has the PNG24/PNG8 options.
Inspiring
September 10, 2017
I want to express my own support for this feature.

I know Adobe is trying to force us to use Export instead of Save for Web, but as far as I can tell, you can't save most of the meta data (description, keywords, title) in a jpg through Export. 

So I keep using Save for Web, which actually saves the meta data I need.

Any of you guys who haven't used Export instead of Save for Web should see if that suits your needs. Export As lets you continue to do things even while the stupid preview is generated, instead of freezing up like SFW does.  

Marco: Export As DOES support PNG 24, though they don't actually communicate that to you. It defaults to 24 bits, you have to check a box to make it 8 bit.