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Save for Web Fails to Activate

Enthusiast ,
Feb 01, 2025 Feb 01, 2025

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Yes, I know this is "Legacy" option, however, Save for Web gives more and precise control over images and auto adjusts the dpi saving me a step. It's a big part of our worklfow and Export As. I'd use Export As if it had GIF animation, webp output, etc.

The last few versions of Photoshop on PC at least when you go to Save for Web works for a while in a Photoshop session, but then when you try it again, nothing happens, nothing appears on the screen. I then have to shut down all my files and open work and restart Photoshop which is a major time killer.

What's the fix for making Save for Web work every time I select it? (No my images are not in 32 bit mode.)

Thanks.

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Feb 03, 2025 Feb 03, 2025

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I'm also on a PC, but I haven't noticed this happening with Save for Web (Legacy).

 

Have you tried resetting your Photoshop preferences?

 

Also, are you saving to your local hard drive or across a network or to removable media? If you are, see if saving locally and the moving your file helps.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/networks-removable-media-photoshop.html

 

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Feb 03, 2025 Feb 03, 2025

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Long ago tried resetting preferences. And I save on my local machine.

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Feb 03, 2025 Feb 03, 2025

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Oh, and here's information about how to reset preferences in case you need that:

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#reset-preferences

 

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Feb 03, 2025 Feb 03, 2025

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...and auto adjusts the dpi saving me a step

 

Just curious, what exactly do you mean by this?

 

(and it's PPI, but that's another discussion)

 

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 I then have to shut down all my files and open work and restart Photoshop which is a major time killer.

By @SC-Agency

 

Not a fix, but a workaround for your problem... I have a script for saving/opening a "session" of documents:

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/scripts-to-save-amp-restore-photoshop...

 

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Enthusiast ,
Feb 09, 2025 Feb 09, 2025

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If you use Export As it maintains the resolution of the file, if you use Save For Web it dumbs it down to 72 dpi.

Not sure I see how that script would help, but thanks for chiming in.

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Not sure I see how that script would help, but thanks for chiming in.


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The script saves a list of open documents in the work session. After restarting, you can then run the script to automatically reopen the files from the previous session. It was simply mentioned to help save some time and effort when you are forced to restart due to the Save for Web issue.

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