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Inspiring
March 24, 2015
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Photoshop: "Increment and Save" command

  • March 24, 2015
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The "Increment and Save" command in After Effects serves the fundamental need in professional creative work of preserving the various development stages of a job. Cinema 4D and other pro software packages also have this. Photoshop should too.

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Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 4, 2024

If Adobe ever implemented the variable filename token I mentioned in the link below, an incremental filename variable would be a great feature for inclusion.

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/add-variable-save-filename-tokens-to-save-export-windows/idi-p/14492831

PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 4, 2024

An older scrip I posted does not exist anymore, see this newer one: https://www.artstation.com/marketplace/p/XOdlp/save-as-today-s-date-auto-version-up-photoshop-script

PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 1, 2023

Yes, cloud saving gives the function, but many users want to save locally, and might get more security by saving next to the previous file. 

 

One can share the following tweet: https://twitter.com/sPECtre/status/1620791293973762048

jane-e
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 31, 2023

Good idea and I've upvoted. I've been making my own incremental saves manually for 30+ years and am used to it, but it would be a nice feature.

 

In the interim, if you save documents in the Cloud, you can revert to previous versions:

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/open-revert-cloud-document-version.html

 

Jane

 

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 31, 2023

+1. Great idea.

Stephen Marsh
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 31, 2023
PECourtejoie
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 31, 2023

Another user used the default save, and lost weeks of work. An incremental saving option might have saved his back: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/quot-fichier-est-de-type-incorrect-quot-fr/idc-p/13542035#M74839

Earth Oliver
Legend
August 11, 2020
ah gotcha. I'm thinking more of an incremental file format, not just appending a #. Most modern file formats allow for saving only changes and incrementing those in a type of embedded history.
Inspiring
August 11, 2020
No, that's not it. It has nothing to do with the file format. Adobe just needs to write a new menu item with a short new piece of code that can parse the version number on the end, add 1 to it, and save a new file. I honestly don't know why this isn't "standard behavior" across the entire suite.