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sandraj41735666
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September 17, 2019
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Photoshop won't let me save as PSD, only PSB

  • September 17, 2019
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I've seen a few posts regarding this but I can't get my issue figured out after reading them.  Can someone help me?

 

I'm opening a blank file and Saving As.  I have NOTHING in the file and it will only let me save as a PSB and the file size is larger than files I have that have layers in them.  

 

Is there a setting I've accidently clicked or I need to click?

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Uma3351540974xy
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November 10, 2023

Hi, 

I had the same issue and nothing worked. I just found out why this is happening - check your file's resolution, mine was higher and it made the image size huge (More than 2GB)  so, PSD option wasn't shown. When I reduced the resolution, PSD option was seen in the save as. 

 

If the image is more than 2GB, can't save it as PSD. You can check the size of your sheet by - (Image - Image size - first most line )

    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 22, 2024

    @Uma3351540974xy 

    In Photoshop, you work, think and dream in pixels. Everything else is secondary.

     

    "Resolution" is just a roundabout way to count pixels, valid only if you know the intended reproduction size in print. It's the relationship between the pixel dimensions and reproduction size on paper. If it's not for print, the number is meaningless and doesn't apply. Resolution is metadata, it is not a property of the file.

     

    Pixels per inch. It means exactly what it says.

     

    The caveat is that in the Image Size dialog, it's possible to use the ppi number as a parameter to resample the image - reduce the pixel count. That's what you did. This is permanent and irreversible, so be careful! You can easily destroy a file this way if you don't know what you're doing.

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    mikap41697248
    Participant
    May 21, 2021

    Hi,

     

    I assume you have very new version of photoshop? Try "saving as copy". That's it. works again.

     

      D Fosse
      Community Expert
      D FosseCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 18, 2019

      Uncompressed, a white rectangle is just as big as any image. It's so many pixels wide by so many pixels high, and each pixel contains 24 or 48 bits - whether white or any other color.

       

      Yes, layers add overhead, but in Photoshop pixels is king.

        gener7
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        gener7Community Expert
        Community Expert
        September 17, 2019

        Look at the new file dialog. If the pixel dimensions are over 30,000 then that exceeds the PSD maximum.

        The default in this dialog is inches @ 300 ppi. Sometimes an excessive amount of inches is selected in setting up the document.

        Set the dropdown menu to pixels to see if one side is in excess of 30,000

         

        Also look at the Color Mode. Normally RGB and an 8 bit depth.

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