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sven2906
sven2906
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July 17, 2018
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Export Button Is Grayed Out.

  • July 17, 2018
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I was using Photoshop Elements 30 day trial, finished compositing an image and couldn't export it because the export button was grayed out. There doesn't seem to be anything that happens when I try to click "Export" that tells me why this is. Does anyone have any idea as to why this is or how i can fix it? Are you unable to export during your 30 day trial or something? 

    Correct answer MichelBParis

    You should use 'Save As', not 'Export' when in the editor. It's normal that the 'export' option be grayed out in the editor.

    There is an 'Export as new files' function in the Organizer menu to export a batch of files with various options.

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    MichelBParis
    MichelBParisCorrect answer
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    July 17, 2018

    You should use 'Save As', not 'Export' when in the editor. It's normal that the 'export' option be grayed out in the editor.

    There is an 'Export as new files' function in the Organizer menu to export a batch of files with various options.

    S
    SadAcrobatUser1
    Participant
    August 1, 2022

    That's not the point, and please do not patronize us by telling us what we "should" or should not do. The point is that 'Save As' always defaults to the PSD file format, and apparently the only way to reset that to a different file format (like JPG or PNG) is to set the export preference under File\Export. So if Export is grayed out you prevent us from doing that. Sooo annoying!

      MichelBParis
      MichelBParis
      Legend
      October 10, 2022

      If elements is not able to export layers to files without a plugin, where can I find this plugin? 


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      If elements is not able to export layers to files without a plugin, where can I find this plugin? 

       


      By @delboy007

       

      Have a look at Elements+, a very affordable set of scripts to recover a number of the full Photosop features.

      https://simplephotoshop.com/elementsplus/

      Precisely

      https://simplephotoshop.com/elementsplus/help/en/layers-to-files.htm

       

      (Author Andrei Doubrovski)

       

      Also, the original post is not about 'export layers to files', it's about exporting files, which has another (ill-defined) meaning in the full Photoshop and does not refer to anything in Photoshop Elements. On the contrary, the 'export' function in the organizer does describe the function of processing a batch of selected files according to different criteria (size, quality, converting, renaming...) and writing the result in a selected folder. That 'export to new files' command is a way to process that batch and to make the result available to 'external' software. The 'exported' processed copies are not included in the catalog.

       

       

       

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