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FloridaGal
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February 5, 2022
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How to export or save a jpg in its original resolution

  • February 5, 2022
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I've just "converted" from Photoshop PS6 to Photoshop 2022 (Windows 10) and already I'm very confused and frustrated by how the save options work.

I scan my drawing at 300 ppi, open the jpg with Photoshop, save the file in PSD format, and add a stroke around the edge of the image. I then want to save that as a jpg with the stroked border at its original print quality scanned size but everything I do ends up as 72 dpi. In Photoshop Preferences > Export, I have set at 100 quality. But somehow I still end up with 72 dpi.

In my previous workflow I simply selected Save As, and chose the JPG option. Simple, done. But now there's no JPG option in the Save As dialog box. When I export, I get 72 dpi.

Any elucidation would be very gratefully received. THANKS!

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Correct answer FloridaGal

Many thanks for your prompt reply. And yes, I goofed with the ppi, I meant scanned at 300 dpi.

I also found a discussion (after I posted my question) that talked about the Preferences setting under File Handling to "Enable Legacy Save As". 

Thank goodness for legacy options 🙂

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D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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February 5, 2022

If you want to retain the ppi number, use Save A Copy. Export and Save For Web both strip the ppi number altogether - the exported file has no ppi at all, not 72, not 300, nothing. The 72 number appears as a default when the file is reopened into Photoshop.

 

Export/SFW is for web/screen/mobile devices, where ppi is irrelevant.

 

Pixels per inch, ppi, is not "resolution" as such. It's pixel density on paper, and hence reproduction size. The image is just pixels: how many pixels high by how many pixels wide. Ppi is just metadata that can be changed arbitrarily without affecting the file.

 

As for Save A Copy, all file formats that don't support all current properties of the file, are moved here. Saving to these formats mean discarding data. If the file already conforms to the jpeg specification, it will appear under Save As (8 bit depth, no layers, no transparency and no alpha channels).

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    FloridaGalAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    February 5, 2022

    Many thanks for your prompt reply. And yes, I goofed with the ppi, I meant scanned at 300 dpi.

    I also found a discussion (after I posted my question) that talked about the Preferences setting under File Handling to "Enable Legacy Save As". 

    Thank goodness for legacy options 🙂

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    February 5, 2022

    Yes, you can revert to the old Save behavior in preferences.

     

    (Personally, I really like the new way - it makes it very clear when saving will preserve the full file, and when it needs to discard data and therefore make a copy. It avoids all those "Photoshop destroyed my work").

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