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November 14, 2023
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Metadata in PSD

  • November 14, 2023
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Hello!!
Does anyone have this problem?

In my work, I often reuse old PSDs to make new projects and it seems that this has generated metadata that makes it weigh much more. I don't care about the PSD itself but when it comes to exporting the Masters in any format (PNG, JPG) they weigh a lot (1920x1080 PNG or JPG) 25MB

I managed to remove that metadata by first exporting to (.WEBP) and then to the correct format, but I am looking for a way to "clean up" my PSDs so that when exporting the files are not so heavy.

 

Thank you very much for the help!

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    Correct answer Kevin Stohlmeyer

    @miguel a.p79479515 If you use Export As (not legacy) it has an option strip out the metadata to a flattened file format. (see bottom option)

     

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    L
    Lumigraphics
    Brainiac
    November 15, 2023

    You can use a script or use EXIFTool to remove this bloat directly from the PSD files. I have a Photoshop script to integrate EXIFTool with Photoshop so it can run directly on open files.

      miguel a.p79479515
      miguel a.p79479515Author
      Participating Frequently
      November 15, 2023

      I already use a script but I didn't know this one, I will try it!
      Thank you very much!
      Best regards!

      Stephen Marsh
      Stephen Marsh
      Adobe Expert
      November 15, 2023

      @miguel a.p79479515 

       

      Too many have had this problem!

       

      https://prepression.blogspot.com/2017/06/metadata-bloat-photoshopdocumentancestors.html?m=1

        miguel a.p79479515
        miguel a.p79479515Author
        Participating Frequently
        November 15, 2023

        It seems like that... Thank you very much, that's how I fixed it

        Kevin Stohlmeyer
        Kevin StohlmeyerCorrect answer
        Adobe Expert
        November 14, 2023

        @miguel a.p79479515 If you use Export As (not legacy) it has an option strip out the metadata to a flattened file format. (see bottom option)

         

          miguel a.p79479515
          miguel a.p79479515Author
          Participating Frequently
          November 14, 2023

          I managed to clean up the PSD's and it no longer happens to me in the normal "save" but I didn't think of "Export" in this way, I have tried it and it works perfect.

          Thank you very much for your help Kevin!!!. 😉

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