P: Export As now crops to contents instead of using the mask

[jpt7765]

I noticed in new version of Photoshop the Export As... function no longer uses the mask but instead crops to contents. 

For example if you make a group with a 512x512 mask, place an image inside it with some space around it, Export As does not export the 512x512 masked are but instead crops to the content image. 
I don't see how this is useful change as if you've masked the group and wanted to export only its contents you would just export the layer with contents, not the masked group.

There is a workaround though, you can switch back to Legacy Eport settings in preferences, but then again everyone who uses the psd has to do the same to get it working properly. 

Does anyone know another workaround for this that would not require switching to Legacy settings?

I can see this change causing issues to a lot of users and frankly can't see the benefits to this change.

[Anne2229548871zt]

Old behavior:

Masks give full control and can be turned off and on like a switch too. 

New behavior:

Functionality and control lost. 

[Kukurykus]

I tried it with Quick Export and noticed it's broken even with no mask. It doesn't export only 'filled' pixels of a layer but the whole layer, so with transparency around, accordingly to document width & height dimension.

There is also other bug! You can't record anymore Quick Export to the action.

Both things are possible to do after you 'Use legacy "Export As"' option of Export preferences.

That's temporary solution till these 2 bugs are going to be fixed!

[Anne2229548871zt]

Thank you and nice to bring attention to some bugs. 

I just don't quite understand the fix/workaround. I'm using PS in german – so maybe my translation skill fails me. 

In my export preferences menu I can't find anything resembling this Use legacy "Export As" option.

Then I tried Save for web (legacy) and instead of exporting the layer, it just wanted to export my whole canvas with all the seperate art boards.

In general I am not sure if your workaround is supposed to work only for the new bugs you just discovered?

Or is it a fix for my specific problem, too? Does that mean the described functionality will come back? 

[Kukurykus]

Tick on the checkbox in 'Edit > Preferences > Export > Options' section.

[Anne2229548871zt]

I'm sorry, I can't find it. 

[Kukurykus]

I saw lack of that checkbox lately in one thread in german version on M1 Mac: Export ignores vector mask

[Franscram]

Not too long along I was accustomed to exporting active layers directly from the Layers submenu.  If 1.) I activate the layers in the Masked Group I want to export, 2.) select the Masked Group layer, 3.) then export as PNG. While attempting this now the export is completely ignoring my masked parameters. Artboard size in 2992px wide and exported PNG should be the same.

I like the use of this feature as I could control each layer for exporting while maintaining extract dimensions and positions from the 'masked' area. Is this a feature no longer viable in the new Photoshop? I'm using the latest CC version, MacBook pro Monterey

[Anne2229548871zt]

Lol, this is the last thing I expected. I moved to a new PS version AND to a new device.

I am relieved more people are reporting they miss this feature. It was powerful and my workflow is absolutely crippled if I can't get it back. 😞

[Anne2229548871zt]

Please don't fiddle with any new features trying to rebuild from scraps what the old "bug" was accomplishing already -perfectly-. Please spare everyone the hassle, even if well meant. 😞

[Anne2229548871zt]

Sorry, disregard my last reply. I now saw the explanation that this feature will have to be rebuild anyway to be future-proof. Please do so soon Adobe gang, I beg you. 

[Anne2229548871zt]

I now saw I finally have the checkbox in the preferences, to activate the old exporting!

This is SO GOOD. Thank you! 

[Kukurykus]

If you're on M1 Mac, the developers perhaps added it with today 23.1.1 update?

[Falrinth]

Where did you found it? I've just updated PS and dont see any change. In export options i have found only "legacy export as", which doesnt change anything in regard to this behavior.

[Kukurykus]

Did you check it and relaunched application?

[Earth Oliver]

Legacy Export is still NOT available on the M1 and from my understanding, it never will be. The only to way reproduce the previous export/crop behavior is going to be when the Export team finds a way to implement in the new UXP Export. 

[Falrinth]

Thanks for making me play with it more. I forgot to make the mask while testing. Can now confirm that after selecting legacy export in export settings, and making mask, it works as we got used to. Didnt had to relaunch the PS after changing setting.

P.S. At least with the 23.1.1 on windows 11.

[Kukurykus]

You mean it's back to old behaviour, or still it's same as before update?

[Falrinth]

I now have the option to succesfully export masked area again with dimensions equal to mask dimensions, without forced cropping to first non-transparent pixels.

That solves my exporting issues.

[Earth Oliver]

@Falrinth That was always the behavior and workaround when using Legacy Export. The issue here is that the current Export doesn't allow for masked output and there's also no option for Legacy using an M1.

[Falrinth]

If I recall well, it wasnt working as intended at the time i have posted my issue and the threads got merged - i believe that at that point in time the legacy export setting didn't do the trick, hence so many people were posting about it. Might be wrong tho, cause it was quite some time ago since i have been forced to use older version to retain that funcitonality, so i wont argue, but as i said i dont think thats the case.

[BrettN]

In the past, the old Export As (Legacy) was the default, you could turn on the new version through the preferences. In a recent update to Photoshop, we changed it so that the new Export As was on by default and you would have to enable the Legacy version though the preferences instead.

The old Export As is built on a technology called CEP. This technology does not work with ARM processors (M1). This is one of the reasons we had to build a new Export As using UXP as the base technology. The legacy Export As was never available on Windows ARM machines and there is no workaround to add it. On Mac ARM machines, you can run Photoshop in Intel emulation mode (Rosetta), which then gives you access to the Legacy Export As through preferences. Mac is likely to drop Rosetta in a near future major update though, meaning permant loss of Legacy there as well. Apple did the same thing after switching from PowerPC to Intel. Rosetta was there for 10.4 and 10.5, it was dropped but could still be installed in 10.6, but it was no longer available in 10.7 and later. I expect similar for the new Rosetta. 

We are currently looking into a way to bring this workflow into the new Export As, but the behavior was a bit of a fluke in how CEP operated (which used Generator for its processing). 

[clevermill.com]

I can't export my masked area, instead it crops to the image in the layer.   This is a major slowdown in my workflow.   See the video here.

[Kukurykus]

You can export more layers as one when doing it with layer set containing those layers.

[Anne2229548871zt]

I don't know if I am going crazy or it was a Mac hickup, but I indeed cheered too soon. 

Two days I just run PS in Rosetta mode to look for that checkbox you had mentioned. 

Activated it, but was thrown off by how slow PS was running in Rosetta mode.

So I switched Rosetta off again. Closed PS. Restarted. Yet export still worked the cool old way.

I even closed, checked if I had truly turned Rosetta off, then restarted PS. Export functions still worked. 

I assume, despite displaying it differently, my Mac didn't properly enforce Rosetta mode off. Or there is something my tapwater lol. 

So uh... back to the start and being massively frustarted with Adobe.

[Angelic_Butterfly5E91]

Hello,

I would like to export a layer with a mask, in PNG, with my layer taking the size of the mask.

I could do it before, but now I have a new computer it doesn't work anymore, my element keeps its size but not the size of the mask.

Do you know how I can fix it please?

Thank you!

NB:

macOS Monterey - 12.2 // Photoshop 2022