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Mr. Met
Mr. Met
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May 19, 2021
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PS PDF no longer an option

  • May 19, 2021
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Updated PS the other day and now PDFs are no longer an export option. Any particular reason?

 

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Correct answer davescm

If your file contains items that are not supported in your required format (e.g. layers or 16 bits/channel) then the file format is moved to the Save a Copy command. This was driven by changes in the Mac Operating System, although the changes are applied to both Mac and Windows versions to keep them aligned.


https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new.html

 

In the case of PDF , the dialogues that follow decide whether content will be lost or kept e.g. Editability, downsampling etc so it goes into Save a Copy



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davescm
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davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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May 19, 2021

If your file contains items that are not supported in your required format (e.g. layers or 16 bits/channel) then the file format is moved to the Save a Copy command. This was driven by changes in the Mac Operating System, although the changes are applied to both Mac and Windows versions to keep them aligned.


https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new.html

 

In the case of PDF , the dialogues that follow decide whether content will be lost or kept e.g. Editability, downsampling etc so it goes into Save a Copy



Dave

    Mr. Met
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    May 20, 2021

    It did it again this morning. I opened a PSD file, flattened it and couldn't save as a JPG. I see it's 16 bits but I buy Adobe Stock all the time and never had a problem flattening to a JPG until the past week.

     

    davescm
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    davescmCommunity Expert
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    May 20, 2021

    "it's 16 bits"

    If it is 16 bit it can't be preserved in the jpeg format, so you will need to use Save a Copy. As explained above, the Save As list now only shows file formats that will fully preserve the document contents. Other file formats, including jpeg in this instance, are moved to Save a Copy. If your file had been 8 bit, with a single background layer and no hidden pixels/transparency then jpeg would appear in Save As.

     

    This changed in v22.4 this week

     

    Dave

     

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