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angelad74022411
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February 9, 2018
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Saving larger than 2GB files

  • February 9, 2018
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How do you save a large document file 2GB+ without loosing it? The answer in tech support said to reload Photoshop, but what about the document??

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    Correct answer Trevor.Dennis

    There shouldn't be a problem.  Photoshop should automatically use the PSB file extension, but you can can select it if it doesn't.  We had another thread earlier today where someone found large documents were taking a very long time to save.  The answer was to disable compression in Preferences > File handling.

    Can you give us more information about your issue?  Is Photoshop crashing while saving or what?

    What Photoshop version?

    What operating system?

    A brief description of the computer you are using?

    Thanks

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    Legend
    June 27, 2018

    I mean, what contributes to the size? How large in pixels? How many layers? Some people have carefully planned projects this extraordinarily large, others end up with it by accidentally making choices that have bad side effects.

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    Legend
    June 27, 2018

    Ah Photoshop Elements. We’ve Been talking about Photoshop. (Subscription). You might just have to make it smaller. What size is it?

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    ajroland2006
    Participant
    June 27, 2018

    Bigger than 2GB, so it hits the limit for PSD file saving. And Elements does not seem to offer PSB save format option...

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    ajroland2006
    Participant
    June 27, 2018

    Where can I select the PSB format? All I can see is "Photoshop" which defaults to PSD. I cannot get PS to offer me the option of PSB. Neither can I see the Large File Format option referred to in this thread. Thx!

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    June 27, 2018

    What version of Photoshop?

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    ajroland2006
    Participant
    June 27, 2018

    This is a trial version of Photoshop Elements Editor running on iMac Retina 27 inch 2017, with 8GB RAM, running High Sierra 10.13.5.

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    Jazzzzist
    Participant
    May 23, 2018

    On a Mac, choose the Large File Format, and that gives the file the .psb extension.

    Sebastian Bleak
    Community Expert
    Sebastian BleakCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 9, 2018

    Hi Agelad

    Try saving as a .psb

    That should be able to handle a file that size.

    Hope this helps!

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      angelad74022411Author
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      February 9, 2018

      That’s exactly what I did! Thanks

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      davidg67456562
      davidg67456562
      Participant
      May 16, 2018

      Is there any downside to saving as .psb?  Do you lose any data? 

      Trevor.Dennis
      Community Expert
      Trevor.DennisCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      February 9, 2018

      There shouldn't be a problem.  Photoshop should automatically use the PSB file extension, but you can can select it if it doesn't.  We had another thread earlier today where someone found large documents were taking a very long time to save.  The answer was to disable compression in Preferences > File handling.

      Can you give us more information about your issue?  Is Photoshop crashing while saving or what?

      What Photoshop version?

      What operating system?

      A brief description of the computer you are using?

      Thanks

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        angelad74022411Author
        Participant
        February 9, 2018

        Many thanks for your reply. Photoshop isn’t giving me the option to choose an extension with Save. Only with Save As. I’ll try the .psb extension now with that. I’m also on Windows, but the Tutorial is for MAC so it’s confusing. And it’s not crashing, just refusing to save, telling me to go to Help/Saving Files.

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