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I'm need to export my photoshop document as a jpeg with a quality of 10 but my export settings only go up to a 7?
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Try using Save As instead of Export. If you don't see jpg as an option using Save As - check your preferences/file handling for "enable legacy save as"
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7 is the new 10! Or is 6 the new 10 and 7 the new 12?
Of course, it is not that easy, 7 simply replaces the previous confusing choice of "Great".
Save As or Save As a Copy will include more metadata if this is a concern, there are scripts that could be used to clean out metadata.
Otherwise Export > Save for Web (Legacy) is flexible.
Here is a table of how the different compression levels "line up" between the 3 different methods of producing a JPEG, comparing left to right one row at a time:
Photoshop 2021 | |||||
Save As JPEG, Level 12 Baseline Standard | 3,382,351 bytes (3.4 MB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 100 | 3,035,739 bytes (3 MB on disk) | Export As, Great (7) | 2,951,329 bytes (3 MB on disk) |
Save As JPEG, Level 11 Baseline Standard | 2,549,259 bytes (2.6 MB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 92 | 2,520,944 bytes (2.5 MB on disk) | ||
Save As JPEG, Level 10 Baseline Standard | 2,072,956 bytes (2.1 MB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 84 | 2,128,221 bytes (2.1 MB on disk) | ||
Save As JPEG, Level 9 Baseline Standard | 1,813,312 bytes (1.8 MB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 76 | 1,826,102 bytes (1.8 MB on disk) | Export As, Excellent (6) | 1,835,030 bytes (1.8 MB on disk) |
Save As JPEG, Level 8 Baseline Standard | 1,597,234 bytes (1.6 MB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 68 | 1,579,870 bytes (1.6 MB on disk) | ||
Save As JPEG, Level 7 Baseline Standard | 1,245,822 bytes (1.2 MB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 60 | 1,301,819 bytes (1.3 MB on disk) | Export As, Very Good (5) | 1,324,234 bytes (1.3 MB on disk) |
Save As JPEG, Level 6 Baseline Standard | 905,668 bytes (909 KB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 52 | 1,173,631 bytes (1.2 MB on disk) | ||
Save As JPEG, Level 5 Baseline Standard | 837,439 bytes (840 KB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 44 | 742,928 bytes (745 KB on disk) | Export As, Good (4) | 695,320 bytes (696 KB on disk) |
Save As JPEG, Level 4 Baseline Standard | 786,204 bytes (786 KB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 36 | 658,904 bytes (659 KB on disk) | ||
Save As JPEG, Level 3 Baseline Standard | 740,953 bytes (741 KB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 28 | 596,724 bytes (598 KB on disk) | Export As, Fair (3) | 590,963 bytes (594 KB on disk) |
Save As JPEG, Level 2 Baseline Standard | 753,850 bytes (758 KB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 20 | 546,622 bytes (549 KB on disk) | Export As, Poor (2) | 563,817 bytes (565 KB on disk) |
Save As JPEG, Level 1 Baseline Standard | 709,518 bytes (713 KB on disk) | Save for Web (Legacy), Quality 12 | 437,863 bytes (438 KB on disk) | Export As, Very Poor (1) | 498,396 bytes (500 KB on disk) |
Notes:
* The same RGB 1920 x 1080 px 8 BPC test PSD was used for all saves, no ICC profile included
* Using Save As with Baseline Optimized would add a further ~300-400 KB saving, bringing the results closer to the other two Export methods, apart from minor metadata differences).
* The difference in file size between Save As levels 3/2/1 must be a bug, I tested this twice just in case I made a mistake.