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Luke_1
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April 17, 2017
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Photoshop CC cannot save JPEG file larger than 2GB

  • April 17, 2017
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Hi,

I am trying to convert a large PSB file into a different one, but I'd like to keep the resolution. When I try to export it as JPEG, the resulation cannot get higher than 25% of the original image. I've also tried saving it as a .TIFF, but that cannot be done either, because there is a size limit of 4GB for .TIFF files. Is there any way to remove those limitations? Thank you for your help.

-L

PS: I would like to convert the original into something smaller, for example into something similar in size to this 400MB file:

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Correct answer gener7

JPEG files cannot go over 2 Gig or 65535 pixels wide or tall.

JPEG cannot go over 30,000 pixels wide or tall in Photoshop (due to some code that's proven difficult to replace).

So my suggestion is to use Image > Image Size to down sample the file to make jpg, png, or tiff limits.

Keep a backup of the original PSB.

Gene

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gener7
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gener7Community ExpertCorrect answer
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April 18, 2017

JPEG files cannot go over 2 Gig or 65535 pixels wide or tall.

JPEG cannot go over 30,000 pixels wide or tall in Photoshop (due to some code that's proven difficult to replace).

So my suggestion is to use Image > Image Size to down sample the file to make jpg, png, or tiff limits.

Keep a backup of the original PSB.

Gene

    gener7
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    gener7Community Expert
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    April 18, 2017

    In the example you gave, given a standard print resolution of 300 ppi, you could downsample under 30,000, then unchecking resample, and entering 300, you could print the file at 72 x 72 inches.

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