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Delightful_Dragonfly0D4C
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August 2, 2021
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Is there a way to export a jpg at 300dpi in the latest update of Photoshop 2021, v 22.4.3?

  • August 2, 2021
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In the latest update, the ability to "Save As" a jpg is gone, for whatever reason. Now the only way to save a jpg from a PSD file is to us Export As. Even with quality set to high, it always exports the jpg as 72dpi, and there doesn't seem to be a way to specify what dpi you want the jpg to be saved at. Now every time I export a jpg, I have to open that jpg in Photoshop again and convert it to 300dpi, which is so much added time. Please tell me I'm missing something and this isn't just the way it is now!

    Correct answer davescm

    Just for clarity, Exporting does not export at 72ppi it exports without any PPI value. Exporting is designed for web use where the ppi metadata value is meaningless. On re-opening a document without PPI metadata, a nominal 72 PPI is assigned.

     

    Now your issue. To Save in jpeg, either use Save a Copy or, in the current version, go to Preferences- File Handling and check the box to use the old Save As behaviour.

     

    Dave

     

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    Steve_Rogers8388
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    October 15, 2024

    Yes, you can export a JPG at 300 DPI in Photoshop 2021 (v 22.4.3). Follow these steps:

    1. Open your image in Photoshop.
    2. Go to Image > Image Size.
    3. Ensure the Resolution is set to 300 pixels/inch.
    4. Click OK to apply the changes.
    5. To export, go to File > Export > Export As.
    6. Choose JPEG as the format, and adjust your settings as needed.
    7. Click Export to save your file.
    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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    October 15, 2024

    @Steve_Rogers8388 

     

    That would be PPI  :]

     

    In v2021 Export As will strip the resolution metadata out of the file. Going by the following discussion link, future versions of Photoshop may include resolution metadata in JPEG as well as PNG from Export > Save As:

     

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-bugs/ps-2024-export-png-now-retains-resolution-metadata-but-jpeg-doesn-t/idi-p/14490504

     

    Save, Save As (a Copy) will retain resolution metadata. Export > Save for Web (Legacy) will also retain resolution metadata if the correct metadata inclusion option is set.

     

    I wrote some scripts to "inject" 300 ppi resolution metadata into exported JPEG files, without opening up the image data:

     

    Photoshop:

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    hemeravisuals
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    July 14, 2023

    This is still broken when creating actions as even if i follow those steps when i try to do to it to create the action it still appears in it?

    davescm
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    davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    August 2, 2021

    Just for clarity, Exporting does not export at 72ppi it exports without any PPI value. Exporting is designed for web use where the ppi metadata value is meaningless. On re-opening a document without PPI metadata, a nominal 72 PPI is assigned.

     

    Now your issue. To Save in jpeg, either use Save a Copy or, in the current version, go to Preferences- File Handling and check the box to use the old Save As behaviour.

     

    Dave

     

      dejaliyah
      dejaliyah
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      October 14, 2024

      Not sure if you can help 3 years later but I'm trying to create a 200 page PDF in photoshop that is below 650mb and no matter how low the resolution I sent all jpgs export as 4.5MB forcing the PDF to be over 1 GB. I even tried 72 resolution and quality 1 in grayscale. the file size is huge no matter what. I tried compressing the PDF and it doesn't work either plus takes literally forever. Why isn't the file size changing? I have to keep it at 300 resolution for a printing a book but they wont accept a file over 650mb. I dont get why every file is saving as 4-5mb when it's a very simple black and white page. even BLANK WHITE PAGES save as 4mb!!! even if quality is 1 ?! Why is it doing this?! I can't publish my book unless I figure this out 😞

      Stephen Marsh
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      Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
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      October 14, 2024

      @dejaliyah 

       

      Photoshop isn't the best tool to create a multi page PDF, I would recommend a page layout program such as InDesign.

       

      Perhaps you have metadata bloat...

       

      https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/06/metadata-bloat-photoshopdocumentancestors.html?m=1

       

       

      jane-e
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      jane-eCommunity Expert
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      August 2, 2021
      @Delightful_Dragonfly0D4C wrote:

      Please tell me I'm missing something and this isn't just the way it is now!

       

       

      Hi @Delightful_Dragonfly0D4C 


      As of 22.4.1, you can find png, jpg, pdf, etc., in Save a Copy.
      As of 22.4.2 you can revert to the previous behavior in Preferences > File Handling > File Saving Options:

      • Enable Legacy Save As
      • Do not append Copy


      See this help page for details and cautions:
      https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/saving-images.html  

      ~ Jane

       

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        Delightful_Dragonfly0D4CAuthor
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        August 5, 2021

        Ah, thank you so much!!

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