How to instantly switch to the newly saved file, after saving as?

[andream96858366]

I'd like to change a setting for the "Save as" command that's really slowing down my workflow.

What I'd like to happen is that, when I save "X.psd" as "X - copy.psd" (for example), Photoshop instantly switches the file I'm working on to "X - copy.psd." What happens now is that, after I save as "X - copy.psd," Photoshop still keeps me working on "X.psd." That means I have to close the current file and open the one I just saved, which turns into a huge slowdown if I have to work with a lot of files in one session.

I'd love to know if there's any way to change this. Thanks for any help!

[Test Screen Name]

Don't save a copy. When you save a copy that's exactly what we expect to happen.

[andream96858366]

Test Screen Name  This was both inaccurate and unhelpful. I've been using Photoshop CS6 previously, and the "Save as" behavior was exactly what I said I want it to be, in my first post, so I expected the command to behave the same way in Photoshop CC 2018.

[Bojan Živković · Accepted solution]

I am testing and on Win 10 with the latest version of Photoshop and everything works as expected and as you have described in the first sentence.

I have saved test.psd and without any changes after saving the new file as test 2 .psd Photoshop is switching to that file, so I am working with test 2.psd.

If you want in contrary to save the new file (x -copy) and to continue to work on existing (x.psd) then you can use Image > Duplicate to save duplicated file with new name and to close it what can be automated using action to quickly get the job done.

[andream96858366]

Thanks, Bojan. I'm using Photoshop CC 2018 on Win 10, too, and I just tested this after reading your post -- apparently, it's down to whether or not you use a keyboard shortcut, for some reason. When I "Save as" with a keyboard shortcut, I get the behavior I described, but when I do it through the File menu, I get the behavior you described (and that I want). Really, really weird.

I guess I'm going to save through the file menu as a temporary workaround, but it would be great if this was fixed so that you get the same behavior whether you use a shortcut or not. Do you think I should report this as a bug?

[Bojan Živković]

No, it is not bug in Photoshop, just tested. Everything works fine for me when using keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + S.

[andream96858366]

I just tried that, and it works fine for me with ctrl + shift + s -- but I had it set to ctrl + alt + s, which caused the weird behavior.

I'll go back to using the default shortcut, but it still seems like the behavior shouldn't change depending on what keys you use for the shortcut.