Hi there, I am having a real problems with photoshop. It is about saving raw files to Jpegs.

[kaaaaan]

Hi there, I am having a real problems with photoshop. It is about saving raw files to Jpegs. I takes soooo long . If the raw files are untouched, no any process, it is very fast to save jpegs from Raw files. But if you work on your raw files, for example you have 2 masks and some fine tune adjustments on raw file, when you try to save this file to Jpeg, saving time increaes5-6 times longer. 5 photoshop agent tried to help me online but thec coulndt fix anything. My computer is AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 16-Core Processor 4.20 GHz - 64 GB ram and 4070 super ti GPU. do you guys have any ideas about that problem ?

[kglad]

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[Derek Cross]

How much spare hard disk capacity do you have?

Have you used "Save a Copy"?

Have you tried resetting the Photoshop preferences back to the factory defaults?

[kaaaaan]

more than 150 GB , samsung 990 pro 2 tb ssd 
in raw plugin  there is no "save a copy" 
yes, me and agent tried many things but still very slow
as an example : 32 raw files (canon r5, 45mp each) , if I dont make any corrections, it is saving like 20 seconds.  But if I add 2 masks and some fine tunes, saving times goes to around 2.5 minutes...very big difference

[Derek Cross]

After you've optomised your RAW file in the Camera Raw Filter you can select OK and within Photoshop use Save a Copy to save as a JPG.

[kaaaaan]

You mean, after optimized, click done and plugin closes. Then go to edit/scripts/image processor ? 
by the way, if I save as .DNG , even optimized raws are saving so fast

[jane-e]

Hi there, I am having a real problems with photoshop. It is about saving raw files to Jpegs. I takes soooo long.

By @kaaaaan

Can you clarify your steps?

Are you using Adobe Camera Raw to make the edits or Photoshop? Or maybe the ACR filter in PS?

Are you saving to JPEG from ACR or PS?

Jane

[kaaaaan]

1: open multiple files on raw plugin in photoshop
2: making my adjustments and layers (at the past I was working min 50 files but today I cant work more than 15..)
3:saving my files as Jpegs at highest quality
I have been working like this way more than 10 years, but last months PS getting so slow, I dont understand the reason.
I bought very powerful pc and now I am very disappointed 😞

[D Fosse]

Still not clear: are you saving jpegs from ACR or Photoshop?

The jpeg format does not support 16 bit depth, layers of any kind, transparency or alpha channels. If your files have any of these  properties, you need to use Save A Copy, not Save As. ACR will always save a copy.

[kaaaaan]

I am a bit confused here. 
ACR : adobe camera raw, right ? 
so I can't use ACR without Photoshop I believe. 
I open PS, drag and drop my raw files into it and ACR opens automatically, I do my work and after finish, I click save button on top right, which is convert and save button. I make options Save Options box appears, I fill it and click save . 
I checked all buttons in ACR but couldn't see any "save a copy" button. 
I am attaching print screens of my window
what am I missing ?

[D Fosse]

OK, so you're saving to jpeg directly from ACR.

It's the masking, especially if you use the new AI-based masking (subject, background, auto mask etc). That's very compute-intensive and takes a long time to encode - and the more advanced ACR's algorithms get, the longer it takes on the same hardware. 

Remember that ACR is a parametric (instruction-based) editor, and the file has to be fully rendered out before it can be saved.

I tried to save a 60 MP file (which is quite big) with just a few standard adjustments, and saving was virtually instant. Then I added a fairly complex auto mask, and it went up to 20 seconds or so.

[kaaaaan]

Thank you for detailed explanation
I am working 45mp files, and I tried your way but still slow
I opened raw files, did some standart adjustments, no any mask and tried to save, but again it is very slow..
It is only very fasy when you dont do any corrections
It is a serious problem when you work with many photos..
I am sitting and waiting for saving..it was much faster at the past..

[D Fosse]

OK, that doesn't sound normal. Could be corrupt ACR preferences. In Photoshop, go to Edit > Preferences > Camera Raw, and hold ctrl as you click it. You will get a confirmation dialog.

What if you open into Photoshop and save to jpeg there? Still slow?

(you need to set ACR to open as 8 bit to be able to save directly to jpeg from Photoshop. As 16 bit, you need to use Save A Copy).

[jane-e]

I am a bit confused here. 
ACR : adobe camera raw, right ? 
so I can't use ACR without Photoshop I believe. 
By @kaaaaan

ACR is available both as an application and also as a filter for a layer in Photoshop.

• If you double-click a file in Adobe Bridge, the file opens in ACR and PS will launch in the background.
• If you right-click a file in Adobe Bridge and choose Open in Camera Raw (Cmd+R), the file will open in ACR and PS will not launch. So yes, you can use ACR without Photoshop.

This is why we had to ask.

Jane