P: Ability to arrange & customize save-as file formats so popular formats are at the top

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June 25, 2011
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Photoshop supports about 20 formats, but I only use 4 or 5 of them. It's bugged me since 5.5 to have to fish for jpeg somewhere in the middle of the list. Can the file formats get arranged by most commonly used? And maybe allow us to remove stuff like targa and large file format that nobody uses.

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ryans97066424

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There are now 22 file format options when saving a file.

I use 2, .tif and .jpg 99% of the time.

I would like to speed up my workflow by allowing the user to customize the dropdown menu options.

Either let me choose what formats are at the top and/or remove the unwanted formats altogether in preferences.

Adobe can do this as it is already putting its own file format at the top of the list.

So I know it's a feature that they can add.

I'm aware that it's only an extra 1/2 second or so of my time but I've been using PS since 1995. Added up over the years, finding and clicking the correct file format from that dropdown menu has got to have taken up several days' worth of my time.

It's a simple thing that would make the professionals here happy.

jane-e

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@ryans97066424

I see that you tagged Actions and Scripting. You might try creating Actions or writing Scripts — one for jpeg and one for tiff. You can assign a shortcut for each to make it fast.

You also tagged iPadOS (as well as everything else) — you'll be happy to know there are only four formats to choose from in Photoshop for iPad..

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trinity_too

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Just updated to PS 2022 and there are just 10 file formats for Save - the most common ones. If I hit 'T' I can jump to TIF.

I am so pleased - THANK YOU ADOBE (yes, I wanted to shout).

Stephen Marsh

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Photoshop uses scripts with a GUI to perform many functions, many users wouldn't even realise that they are using a script and would just consider this a part of the compiled interface.

So whenever I use xbytor's Image Processor Pro script, I think what could be achieved by a user with advanced scripting knowledge. We could have a configurable interface for saving files, which we could assign custom keyboard shortcuts to...

Stephen Marsh

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Bump. I just upvoted (pretty sure that I did on the old feedback site too, so you may be able to double your vote if you did vote at the old site).

With all of the recent changes around Save a Copy, Preferences > File Handling: Enable legacy Save As and Do not append copy etc. it is time to start beating this dead horse again.

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CreeDeauxAuteur

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oh, the mockup screenshot got my excited. "oh they finally added it? In preferences"... haha nope. I like your thinking though. I envisioned a drag-and-droppable list. Either would be fine. Crazy it's been a decade.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

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I believe there are a number of file formats in the standard Save As dialogue which are rarely, if ever, used nowadays. I have roughed-out a section for the Prefs which could go into the Export section, maybe renaming it as "Export/Save As".
There are a few formats which one would not think of deselecting (and maybe GIF should be one of them) but having used Save As a lot recently, it's frustrating to touch "T" for example if I want a TIF format and to have Targa come up and then have to use the mouse or arrow keys to finally select TIF. Just let us remove options we never use in Prefs, see attached example, with the ability to reinstate them if/when they become necessary. It would really speed up my workflow.