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November 4, 2022
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Photoshop 2023 and saving as jpeg

  • November 4, 2022
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Photoshop 2023 does not allow direct saving as jpeg. This requires that all previously created actions changing to jpeg be redone. Also, when creating a new action with "save as jpeg" and "close" in it, a window pops up before it will complete saying, save changes. This is confusing and if you check it thinking it means the changes of the action your in for trouble. It is referring to the original file and it will change the original file while keeping it as a psd. This happened to me on an action to downsize to jpeg and downsized 20 originals I had spent hours editing. I now have to do all that editing again from the raw files so I will have the full size psd files I want. When creating the action, that last "save changes" window should not appear when the action is a "save as" and the destination is a new folder.

Correct answer D Fosse

Yeah...

 that worked... thank you

I think the problem was that the layers didn't have same depth...

 


No, the problem is that jpeg doesn't support 16 bit or layers (or alpha channels or transparency).

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Participant
March 30, 2023

Thank you!!!!!!

Legend
January 20, 2023

Photoshop 2023 changes everything to 16 bit. One have to change images in Mode to 8 bit.

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 20, 2023

Photoshop doesn't change anything by itself. It sounds like you have ACR / Lightroom set to open in 16 bit.

Legend
January 21, 2023

In Photoshop go to Edit > Preferences > Camera Raw... > Workflow > Color Space > Depth.

Set your preference of 8 bit/channel or 16 bit/channel there.

 

Dave


I don't seem to have the option. But anyway - maybe it's good to edit in 16 and covert afterwards. 

 

 

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 4, 2022

Side note: with the avalanche of posts about this since v 24 shipped, I'm amazed at how many people haven't updated in a long time. This change happened in v 22.4!

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 4, 2022

For our company, the update to v24 unchecked the option. We previously had it enabled.

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 4, 2022

Go to Preferences/File Handling and check "Enable Legacy Save As".

Participant
March 3, 2023

Only refinement is: Go to Photoshop>Settings>File Handling>Legacy

 

Kevin Stohlmeyer
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 10, 2023

Hi @Michael28694206j4te depends on which version you are running.