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sandykay30
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April 5, 2010
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Photoshop CS4 Save as Jpeg optinon Gone

  • April 5, 2010
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Hi,

My photoshop Save as, option for Jpeg has disappeared.. Any info would be great!

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    Noel Carboni
    Noel Carboni
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    June 13, 2010

    I believe the question has been answered above, except that I think there may be some remaining misconceptions out there.

    Really, the ONLY thing you have to do, with CS4 and earlier, in anticipation of saving a JPEG is change to 8 bits per color.

    Through Photoshop CS4, if you Save-As JPEG with layers or channels or other features JPEG can't support, the Save as Copy feature is automatically invoked to save a flattened version of your file without the extra stuff.

    This allows you to save your file as a JPEG as long as the image is in 8 bits before you hit the File menu.  The one thing Save as Copy did not handle was a bit depth conversion.

    I normally work with 16 bit per color files.  I often would want to save an intermediate JPEG from the file I'm working on, then continue editing, finally later saving a .PSD at full bit depth.  Unfortunately, because of the above issue I'd sometimes find I'd forgotten to go back in the History so as to continue editing in 16 bit per channel mode!  This is a nasty gotcha!

    The really COOL thing is that the Save-As-Copy feature of Photoshop CS5 has now been extended to do an automatic downconversion from higher bit depths to 8 bits.  Thus with CS5 you no longer have to worry about changing the bit depth or anything else in anticipation of Save As JPEG.  It just works!

    I have been submitting wishlist requests to Adobe for this feature since about Photoshop CS I think.

    THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU Adobe for finally implementing it!

    -Noel

    the_wine_snob
    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    April 6, 2010

    Along with Lloyd's suggestions, check the full Mode chart, as you will want RGB. The last step that I perform, when doing a Save_As JPEG is to Flatten, remove any Alpha Channels and Paths. Oh, that is after I make sure that my Mode is RGB 8-bit.

    Save_For_Web will basically do all these things for you.

    Good luck,

    Hunt

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      Werner-K
      Participant
      June 13, 2010

      I to cant get a final " save as Jpeg " in CS4 , duplicated , flattened , resized . Just to send a small email file . Now I go back to bridge with a PNG or other  > highlight the file > open with >  Preview > save as > Jpeg . It seems like the long way around  .

      In Camera Raw you can select Raw to save ( lower left ) as Jpeg . This can go bad as well at times .

      21.5 " iMac 3.06 ghz  > snow leopard >

      PS  the Save_For_Web function seems to work for me .

      lifeguardlloyd
      lifeguardlloyd
      Known Participant
      April 6, 2010

      This happened to me. It seems to  depend on the bit mode of the image. jpg will only work at 8 bits. Convert (down sample) your image to 8 bit and the jpg option should reappear. Go: Image/mode/8 bit

      LP

      lifeguardlloyd
      lifeguardlloyd
      Known Participant
      April 6, 2010

      To give a more complete answer: Generally when one saves to jpg (or any final exported format) it would be at the final stages of the image editing process. Generally one works in the native format of the editor. When you're ready to export the image to the format required i.e. web, print, video, etc., this is where the image gets reduced in size - if needed. If you're exporting to jpg and your image is 16 or 32 bit, cut it down to 8 bit, and perhaps change the dimensions, and then saving it. Reducing the file size as the last stage prior to export tends to yield the best results. Generally, converting to pdf compresses the image anyway.

      If you require a very high resolution image (32 bit), I would suggest saving to tiff or other large formats. In the options, tiff can be compressed or uncompressed. These images can be quite large. Converting an 8 bit image to 16 or 32 bit will not improve the image; it will only add necessary information. I'm guessing you're working in raw.

      Hope this helps.

      LP

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