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Saving files

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May 15, 2021
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The new 22.4 makes it a little harder to save files under a new name. If I use "Save As" it now automatically appends -Edit which I have to highlight to delete; the new "Save a Copy" is just as bad since it appends "copy". Just leave the file name the same as earlier versions did, or at least let people set that as a default. And why can't I set LZW as default when I am saving TIFF files? These changes are NOT an improvement.

My biggest problem in saving files, though, is maybe not a Photoshop problem, although these changes have made it worse. When I try to highlight part of the file name to change or delete, my Mac thinks I want to look something up (not always, maybe half the time). I have a horrible time getting the file name partly highlighted to change it. I have disabled everything I can find with Spotlight short of removing it to try to fix this problem to no avail. It should not be so hard and frustrating to save files.

I have been using Photoshop for at least 20 years with good results, and I never had a problem like this until recently.

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gener7

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So first off, the TIFF options dialog is a "sticky". If you choose LZW the first save, it will remember that choice for all subsequent TIFF saves.

There should be no Spotlight searches, but perhaps the keyboard is setting it off. Go into System Preferences to uncheck it.

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defaultlgxhm687c7kiAuthor

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I still have to click on LZW every time I try to save a new file. It does remember if I am saving a file which was already saved with LZW.

I have disabled Spotlight on my keyboard and turned off everything I can, but I still have the problem with it wanting to search when I try to highlight part of the file name in "Save As".

gener7

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So this time I closed Photoshop, opened it and created a new file. It still remembered my previous Tiff options.

Strange, there is a search box on the Save As dialog, but it has to be highlighted with the blue border to be active and this should not happen in the filename box:

Maybe a Preferences reset will fix it?

JJMack

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Have you played any actions that have "savs as" jpg steps.

A simple batch action become as award interactive action where Save As Jpeg switch to Save As PSD so I could use the Save a Copy button in the sav as dialog. In the Save a Copy dialog when Is switch PSD to Jpeg Copy was not add to the file name the Jpeg was saved from the layer document like old Save AS would have done without being interactive and could be watch.

I can not change the Savs As step to Save A Copy for the Action will not work in all the other Photoshop versions I use. I have to stay with SaveAS so I wrote a Plug-in SaveAs script stealing code from Adobe script Export Layer to files. That SavaAs works in 22.4 also.

I changed Adobe shortcut Shift+Ctrl+S to the SaveAs Plug-in script so it will recorde in actions instaed to Avoid using Photoshop 22.4 changes Save As...

When I use it in Photoshop versions beforer 22.4 in the histort pallet I see (Save As) added to the last state in the history palette. In Photoshop 22.4 (Savs a Copy) is added to the last history state.

JJMack

gener7

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I have MacOS 10.15.7 and Ps v22.4 Let me see what I can find out.

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