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robirdman1
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April 9, 2022
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can't save tif as jpeg

  • April 9, 2022
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I have an action that reduces the size, adds water mark and copyright notice to images and saves as jpeg.

For some reason, one tif stops at the save and offers to save as PSD.  If I manually try to choose jpeg, it is not a choice, only jpg 2000, which doesn't even show up properly. I've looked, and there are no extra channels, layers or paths than any default tiff, and have tried the action steps manually and don't see why this differs from all those that work fine.

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D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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April 9, 2022

That will work.

 

Another way to deal with this in actions, is to include steps that makes the file satisfy the jpeg specification, before it goes to save. Flatten, convert to 8 bit, remove alpha channels. Then Save As will be allowed and Save A Copy is moot.

 

It should be said, though, that removing alpha channels can be a bit tricky if the alpha channels have different names. The action will record the name.  Someone here once came up with a simple "remove alpha" script that can be called from an action. I used that until I recently lost it, so I'd be grateful if someone could post it again 🙂

 

    Kukurykus
    Kukurykus
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    April 9, 2022

     

    if (documents.length) {
	chnnls = [].slice.call(activeDocument.channels); while(chnnls.length)
		/MASK|SELECT/.test((shft = chnnls.shift()).kind) && shft.remove()
}

     

      D Fosse
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      D FosseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 9, 2022

      OK, great - so I just put this in Presets > Scripts?

      jane-e
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      jane-eCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 9, 2022

      Hi

      Adobe adapted after Apple made changes to the API.

       

      You can find png, jpg, pdf, etc., in Save a Copy (not Save As)

      or
      you can revert to the previous behavior in Preferences > File Handling > File Saving Options:

      • Enable Legacy Save As
      • Do not append Copy to filename

       

      See if this helps with your action. If you need help editing the steps of the action, post a screenshot of the action here. Resize the panel taller and wider, and expand the section for saving.


      ~ Jane

       

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