I was working on a number of art files today using Adobe Photoshop 2025 and, out of nowhere, I lost the ability to save my files as .jpegs. I was able to save my drawings as jpegs earlier in the day. JPEGs are the way I save and send clients my art files. Did I inadvertently do something wrong? How can I get Photoshop back to saving my artwork as jpegs?
The jpeg file format specification does not support 16 bit depth, layers of any kind, transparency or alpha channels. So check your files for any of these.
You can use Save A Copy or enable "Legacy Save As" in preferences - but personally I think it's more long term useful to understand and accept the basic limitations in the jpeg format and work accordingly. If you need any of these properties, save to a different format.
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