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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 17, 2017
In the time it would take us to read the developer's comments and the article he took, I will have saved one image using the Save for Web function. Thanks, Jeffrey. 
Inspiring
November 17, 2016
It's crazy i click "Save for Web" on bigger file and wait 6 minutes becaue Photoshop is making preview. I don't need this preview. I just want to save and go forward. I think I loose this way one hour every month. 
Inspiring
June 14, 2016
This isn't something to be looked over, it add's 10 minutes to multiple hours for large images to even preview in the save for web menu, and it affects EVERY PHOTOGRAPHER AND EDITOR that uses Ps, god help us if we choose to export a different size jpeg or change the file format after opening the menu, it's twice as long! adding a disable button to something no one had ever asked for shouldn't be to hard, guess you'd rater people buy other software from other company's, you just lost my business due to these slow speeds and lack of help! <removed expletive - admin. Please don't swear ton this site>
Legend
February 15, 2016
Hi Rangel, we do care but we can't implement every single idea. Have you tried Generator? It will generate assets automatically, in the background without taking the time to generate a preview. http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshop/2013/09/introducing-adobe-generator-for-photoshop-cc.html
Inspiring
February 15, 2016
4 years and nothing. Adobe doesn't care. Sad.