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

My post has outlasted some adobe employees! Wish more people would vote on it.

I feel like people are so used to this ancient problem, they forgot it exists. Or don't realize how refreshing it is, to work in a program that handles this properly. It's like getting used to a funky smell in your house until you don't even realize it's there.

Hello! I'd just like to voice my support for this issue. I (and probably 99% of other people) use 3, maybe 4 of the total 22 file formats (which by the way is not sorted in any kind of fashion). A list of "favourites" would help a lot.

But then I see that this has been a 6 year ongoing battle, that's just tragic.

appreciate the effort. If a script could somehow recreate the file - save as window, but with only a handful of preset options, it would be a great workaround. I'd just have to get used to pressing something like F6 to save.

You should be able to simply use the Quick Export function to save either jpg or png to the desktop... no script needed.

Sadly, Mr Cox is no longer at Adobe. 

I realised I never shared the script I'm using to quickly save a JPEG to my desktop, and seeing how this thread just keeps going with no solution in sight from Adobe, I reckon some people might find a use for it. It also appends a number if you need to save multiple versions to compare. Copy paste this code into a text editor, save it as a .js file, then place it in PS > Presets > Scripts. Don't forget to change the path where you want these saved (first line of code).

It will show up under File > Scripts the next time you start it up and you can even assign it a shortcut. This saved me hours in the ~2 years I've had it.


var JPGquality = 12;var docPath = '/Users/cristian/Desktop/';
var docName = app.activeDocument.name.replace(/\.[^\.]+$/, '');;

var saveFile = new File(docPath + '/' + docName + '.jpg');

var fileExists = saveFile.exists;
var tries = 1;
while (fileExists) {
  saveFile = new File(docPath + '/' + docName + ( '-' + tries) + '.jpg');
  tries++;
  fileExists = saveFile.exists;
}

SaveJPEG(saveFile, JPGquality);

function SaveJPEG(saveFile, jpegQuality) {
  jpgSaveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
  jpgSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
  jpgSaveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.STANDARDBASELINE;
  jpgSaveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
  jpgSaveOptions.quality = jpegQuality; //1-12
  activeDocument.saveAs(saveFile, jpgSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
}


If anyone knows how to do the same for PNGs, I'd be grateful if you shared it.

Chris,
Sorry to keep this one going but I wanted to add my voice to the few active commenters.

I gather that it is too big a job to be put on yout JDI (Just Do It) list, if you still have one.

Marten you can do the same thing in windows, unfortunately it only removes a handful of useless formats and still leaves a dozen that you must sift through. But here's how to do it. We have to get to your photoshop app folder, and the easiest way is probably to just do this:

• If you have a shortcut to photoshop on your taskbar or start menu, right click it. This should pop up a list of recent PS files, plus a link to photoshop itself, and some options like "unpin from taskbar" or "close".

• Within that menu, right click that photoshop link, and choose properties. This bring up a properties dialogue, and there should be a button somewhere on there (bottom left) that says open file location. Click that. You're now in the photoshop program folder.

• At the top of the folder is a list of subfolders, one of them is called "Required"... open it, and then within that open "Plug-Ins". Note this is different from another Plug-Ins folder hiding elsewhere. You want the one under "Required". You should see a subfolder called "File Formats". There's a bunch of files ending in the .8bi extension. It should be safe to delete these [or most of them anyway... you should probably keep PSDX (.psd) and WBMP (.bmp)]... I have been running for years with everything deleted except those formats and radiance, and have had no problems.

Well, except for the problem where I have to do all these silly workarounds and Targa's still cluttering my list 😛

Any ideas for Windows users?

What it won't do is let you see them all again quickly when someone wants you to work with a format you don't typically use. But if you really don't want them and are sure you never will need them, I guess getting rid of PS's ability to handle them is the way to go. I personally prefer the idea of us hounding them to come up with a better solution.<G>