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Earth Oliver
Earth Oliver
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December 4, 2015

P: Saving as JPG Copy changes Layer Comp State

  • December 4, 2015
  • 7 replies
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When i'm working on a PSD and i go save a copy as JPG, all my layer comps suddenly have a ! next to them. Is this behavior intentional or a bug?

    7 replies

    David Mohr
    David Mohr
    Participating Frequently
    August 11, 2016
    For what it's worth, you can totally avoid this bug by using File > Export > Export As.  I just checked it and that workflow does NOT set the flag after saving to JPG.

    Hope that helps,
    David
    Earth Oliver
    Earth OliverAuthor
    Legend
    February 17, 2016
    Thanks for looking at this, Jeffrey. This is actually a fairly significant issue for many of us since it's impossible to track whether the warning is valid or not. All too often we're running batch scripts on files and not paying any attention to the layer comp panel. 

    Also, this is only when saving a flat jpg out. If i save a flat copy using any other file type, the layer comps are unaffected. 
    J
    J453
    Legend
    February 17, 2016
    I think it's an erroneous alert (PS flattens the images to save a JPEG). You can clear all all warnings to remove the alert. I'll log a bug and see if it's an easy fix.
    Earth Oliver
    Earth OliverAuthor
    Legend
    February 17, 2016
    This bug continues to persist in 2015.1.2
    F
    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    December 4, 2015
    Photoshop 15.1 is CC 2014.1
    Photoshop 16.1 is CC 2015.1

    Which exact version of Photoshop are you using?
    Earth Oliver
    Earth OliverAuthor
    Legend
    December 4, 2015
    Whoops, sorry. This is with 15.1, but was present in 15+15.01, using File/Save As in OSX.10.5

    Steps to repro:

    -create new image
    -add a few layer comps
    -file/save as jpg

    I just tried saving using other techniques (export as, quick, sfw) and file types and Save As jpg was the only one which produced the issue.
    F
    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    December 4, 2015
    Which version of Photoshop are you using?
    Which OS version are you using?

    Are you saving via Save As, SaveForWeb, or ExportAs ?
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