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Actions: Export as PNG no longer recorded

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March 6, 2023
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As title describes!

With the newer version of Adobe Photoshop, Save As no longer gives you the option to save your project as a .png file, though the action will be recorded.

None of the Export options will be saved in Actions, and otherwise there are no options to save projects as .png when doing a batch with actions.

What am I doing wrong?

Actions and scripting

Correct answer Imaginerie

Hi!

I can certainly save as .png on my end

but maybe there is something in your file that prevents you from saving?

also check that you have the "enable legacy save as" ticked in your preferences

in the file handling section.

Clever_Ocean15A9

Inspiring

I was running into the same issue and found "enable legacy save as" as the fix. But the "Save as PNG" option created a file 3x the file size compared to the "Quick Eport as PNG" option (3 MB vs 1 MB). I would guess there are settings you can adjust but wanted to point that out.

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

@Satty.

Yes, there are certainly PNG quality options in Save As/Save As a Copy:

However, Export As and Export > Save for Web (Legacy) both strip metadata, so the increased file size in Save As could also be due to extra metadata. For example, some folk have had major issues with photoshop:DocumentAncestors metadata bloating files.

Clever_Ocean15A9

Inspiring

Thanks Stephen, I did play with those and selected "Smallest file size" which still produced the 3x difference. Super appreciate the breakdown on the metadata!

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

If not save as, then save as a copy...

Imaginerie

Correct answer

Community Expert

Hi!

I can certainly save as .png on my end

but maybe there is something in your file that prevents you from saving?

also check that you have the "enable legacy save as" ticked in your preferences

in the file handling section.

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