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December 20, 2021
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Legacy set, still saving as copy

  • December 20, 2021
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I have legacy set in preference on new super annoying behavoir for save as, yet still getting save as a copy checked. thanks.

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Bojan Živković11378569
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December 28, 2021

I am not getting it and what is actual problem. I am also on Windows but let me try. Is below shown  As a Copy that bothers you?

larry45Author
Inspiring
December 28, 2021

B  I have this checked:

 

Just disovered something while preparing this post for you!  THE SHORTCUT TO SAVE AS,   COMMAND, SHIFT, S.  Which has been for years Save As,   Seems to have been changed by PS to save as copy? Or am I wrong?

 

 

on247
Inspiring
January 20, 2023

Thank you for this tip. I could not figure out why I could not get the save as legacy to work, but I have been using the old keyboard command and that results in "save copy". Same keyboard command, similar, but not identical function … not intuitive at all.

D Fosse
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December 20, 2021

Legacy applies to Export. You're talking about Save As, different function.

 

There is a logic to Save A Copy that people consistently miss: if the file already conforms to the jpeg specification, then it will be available under Save As, like any other file format. Save A Copy only enters the picture when data have to be discarded due to the limitations in the jpeg file format specification. That's why it's a copy.

 

In short, Save A Copy is a way to avoid all those "Adobe ruined my work".

 

There's been a lot of noise about this, to the point where Adobe was forced to backtrack and add an option to revert to old behavior (you'll find it in Preferences). But there is a logic here, and Save A Copy makes that logic very clear and transparent.

 

 

larry45Author
Inspiring
December 20, 2021

D, God bless you like it. But I'm on PS for 23 years, I saw no need for the change. Honesly, did not undersand what you wrote, but written well.

 

If anyone can answer my quesiton though, would be great. I checked Legacy month ago,  (and working good, like old day);  yet now the  "save copy" box  is checked in the Window when I save a jpeg to Tiff,  And legacy saveing is still checked. STumped.

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 20, 2021

Yeah, sorry, it was me who confused it with Export. It is indeed called "Legacy Save As".

 

In any case, checking this should make Photoshop behave exactly as it has since CS5, when direct saving to jpeg was introduced. If it doesn't, and especially if it appends "copy" when going the other way from jpeg to TIFF, I can't explain that. Maybe a corrupt preferences file, so you could try resetting.