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March 9, 2012
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P: 'Save with history'

  • March 9, 2012
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In the save dialog in photoshop, you can check or uncheck: 'layers', 'as a copy' and some other options.

It would be nice if you could also check 'with history', to preserve your history while closing or sending a file.

In that way, other people that open your file can see the steps you've made, and you can get back to how you started a year after your project is finished.

It takes up some more space of course, maybe the application can show you how much of a difference in MB's it would take.

36 replies

Inspiring
February 18, 2013
i ́m always workin in a non-destructiv way with layers n smart objects n all that stuff so that ́s not the problem.
but if u close some work the get a bit distance to it n reopen it later or out of which cause ever u closed it, it should be possible to work on it again like before just as an option that everybody can choose it or not. i know maybe it would bring up some remarkable higher files but don matter if everybody could decide on his own if his system is good enough for it or not or want to use it or not!
Inspiring
February 17, 2013
How would it be to have some options for saving the protocoll in an usable form?
Till now it is impossible to close a running workflow n keep the protocoll for the next time i ll get in work again except as a textversion but who needs that except for some tut ́s? I want to save my protocoll in the psd file in a way that i could use it like i ́ve never closed my work. In my opinion that ́s one of the biggest deficits of photoshop!

Participant
February 17, 2013
Oft weiss man nicht, an welcher Position im Protokoll man eine bestimmte Datei wie und mit welchem Namen gespeichert hat.
Ich hätte gern einen Protokolleintrag, wenn ich eine Datei speichere oder exportiere (Für web speichern). Rückgängig machen läßt der sich natürlich nicht, soll nur als Info dienen.
Der Eintrag sollte enthalten, unter welchem Namen, Dateityp und auf welche Art gespeichert wurde. (z.B.: "blabla.png, PNG24, Für Web" oder "test.psd, PSD, Als Kopie")

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 2, 2012
It may seem rude, but I want to express my opposition to this request as I think the Photoshop team’s resources could be better employed.
If you »want to be able to undo some things after you close the file« I think you should use Layers, maybe Layer Comps and a general non-destructive workflow.
Inspiring
October 1, 2012
Set by menu and check box. Default probably should be off. (two separate check boxes)

History crashes or you want to be able to undo some things after you close the file.

I'm aware that this will make the file size larger, but sometimes I want to shut down and have the snapshots still there in the morning just in case I screw up. As much as I love Photoshop, I can't do it in my sleep and my compie needs a break too.

So please let us save history/protect history upon exiting the program.

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 10, 2012
I currently can’t locate the thread(s) on this, but the drawback with regard to file-size (and therefore performance) could probably be very significant.
And pre-calculating file-sizes is not always reasonable.

»In that way, other people that open your file can see the steps you've made, and you can get back to how you started a year after your project is finished.«
You may be aware of that and just feel it is insufficient for your needs, but if one adheres to the principles of non-destructive image editing I think one can do that just fine as is.