Saving a raw file

[crissy_0704]

Hi all, first post here, having spent hours looking for the answer on line.

So I use bridge, PS and camera raw to edit my photos.
Back in the day of PS CC2015 and even CS6, when you edited a raw file, and then saved it as a jpg, once the saving had finished, what you had left on your screen was the saved, jpg image, NOT the original raw file that shows as being UNsaved.
All this means that when you go to close the file you have to confirm - doing this once is annoying, having to do it again and again and again is doing my head in!
How do I get PS to see that I've saved the file and have the saved JPG left after a save??
MANY thanks if you can help.

[jane-e]

@crissy_0704 

The the way Save a Copy works is to make a copy and save it, leaving the original on screen.

What do you have in Preferences > File Handling > File Saving Options?

• Enable Legacy Save As
• Do not append Copy to filename

Jane

[D Fosse]

What has changed is that ACR used to open as 8 bit, which can be saved as jpeg directly.

Now ACR opens as 16 bit, which is not supported in the jpeg specification. So you have to save out an 8 bit copy.

There is actually no change in the save protocol itself. A jpeg was always a copy if the original was 16 bit/layered. The difference is that previously you weren't notified it was a copy - it was hidden from the user and the copy made automatically. And you still had the original on screen, as you have now.

[crissy_0704]

OK so that is helpful.. not that i totally understand if all.. but sorry no..
Until i updated when i saved a file from raw to jpg.. what i was left with was the image i had saved ... it saod jpg at the end of it and if i edited that image again some how i edited the one i had saved .. NOT the raw file..

Thanks for your time .. . I have been trying to explain this for over a year now to hundreds of people and no one seems to get it .. its like ive come from a different universe ... lol

[ExUSA]

Adobe changed the way Save works, a couple of times. So yes when you save an edited RAW file, the RAW file stays open. You cannot change this behavior.

[Stephen Marsh]

Adobe changed the way Save works, a couple of times. So yes when you save an edited RAW file, the RAW file stays open. You cannot change this behavior.

By @ExUSA

It's a bit of a mixed bag... One can change this behaviour by ensuring that the open rendered file meets the JPEG file format criteria before saving.

If the ACR workflow options are set to open as 16 BPC and this is not changed to 8 BPC before using Save As JPEG, even with Legacy Save As set in File Handling Preferences/Settings – then the open file remains as the rendered raw, not as JPEG.

If one changes the open file from 16 BPC to 8 BPC before using Save As JPEG, then the open document becomes the JPEG, replacing the open rendered raw file as expected (as long as there are no layers or alpha channels which JPEG doesn't support).

[crissy_0704]

this is how its set right now

 

[davescm]

@crissy_0704 Your screenshot shows Photoshop Preferences. Just below those in the menu is Camera Raw Preferences. Once opened select the Default section and you will see depth - which is defaulted to 16 Bits/Channel. You can change it to 8 bit if you prefer.
Dave