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April 18, 2022
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Professional and Proper SAVE option

  • April 18, 2022
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SO i had to use photoshop today (latest, April 2022), and i ended up pulling my hair out over the MESS of save methods...

Why on earth can we not have ONE save button, that opens ONE dialog window with options...

 

i'm always clicking Save As, or Save a Copy, or Export... cursing photoshop, opening one of the others, searching AGAIN for what i need, going back to one of the others, getting a request for a different file type, searching AGAIN through...

 

Its almost as if the interface designers (or fiddlers) have NEVER seen their customers using the software ?!?!?!?! An accusation thats been presented MANY times over the years. Surely not ?!?!?!

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WebOfWebsAuthor
Inspiring
April 19, 2022
Picking a fight with a stranger who points out serious flaws, and/or
obvious improvements is not a sensible approach in any business. Im sure
your best friend has his moments, but he admitted he doesnt know about
design, and your need to ignore the point of all this, to defend a
nonexistent stance is rather childish. i suggest you focus on the point in
hand, and stop wasting everyones time. Just a suggestion.
TheDigitalDog
TheDigitalDog
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April 18, 2022
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You can revert to the older Save behaviour by choosing to use legacy Save in preferences.

 

Exactly. Simple.

I think some people enjoy complaining almost as much as they enjoy doing nothing about it. 

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity Expert
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    April 18, 2022

    You confirm my point - you dont know about design, and continue the timewasting conversation.

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      Ged_Traynor
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      Ged_TraynorCommunity Expert
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      April 18, 2022

      @WebOfWebs "you dont know about design"

      With comments like that you'll find it hard to get help on this forum, Dave is a well respected, knowledgeable and extremely helpful person on this forum and has been for many years.

        davescm
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        davescmCommunity Expert
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        April 18, 2022

        "....you dont know about design,,,,"

        What an insulting and presumptious statement. You know nothing about me or my background in industry.

        However I will now drop out and leave you to research for yourself why the Save options were changed

         

        Dave

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          WebOfWebsAuthor
          Inspiring
          April 18, 2022
          You confirm my point - you dont know about design, and continue the
          timewasting conversation.

          So my suggestion still stands - lets make everyone's life better with ONE
          save button opening a proper options box...
          davescm
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          davescmCommunity Expert
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          April 18, 2022

          I don't make interfaces for anyone. I am not an employee just a Photoshop user who uses the software every day.

          As I said previously, if you prefer the older behaviour then set it that way in Preferences.

           

          Dave

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            WebOfWebsAuthor
            Inspiring
            April 18, 2022
            Clearly you dont make interfaces for users. The current system is a
            complicated mess - its doesnt matter if one in a million think "its very
            simple" when there isnt a need or reason for making users
            learn/remember/discuss so many unnecessary steps.
              davescm
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              davescmCommunity Expert
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              April 18, 2022

              It's actually very simple. If the file type supports all the content of your document e.g. layers, bit depth, transparency, paths etc it will appear in Save. If not it will appear in Save a Copy.

               

              Export is for saving for web use and strips out various metadata that is not needed for such use.

               

              You can revert to the older Save behaviour by choosing to use legacy Save in preferences.

               

              Dave

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