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June 1, 2022
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Saving a PSD file in PSE

  • June 1, 2022
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I'm on a Mac OS is Big Sur. I have Photoshop Elements 2022. I have 359 GB of storage left on computer.  It takes forever to save my PSD files.  Any thoughts why it would take so long?  Thank you 

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Glenn 8675309
Legend
June 1, 2022

Define "forever."

Participating Frequently
June 9, 2022

It takes 60 seconds to save a file.

Glenn 8675309
Legend
June 9, 2022

That's odd.   I work on some tempaltes (A monopoly game for example) with over 200 layers and have no issues saving- literally takes just a second. Are you saving it to an external drive?   PSE doesn't like it sometimes when I have Photoshop open...  Sometimes it helps me to simply turn the computer all the way off- go get a couple of cookies, and come back and turn it on.   wonkiness all cleared up. 

hatstead
Inspiring
June 1, 2022

Is the "saving" process more expeditious when saving a JPEG file?

Presumably you may have multiple layers in the PSD files, although I have never encountered a delay with PSD.

What happens when you save something in another application?

Participating Frequently
June 1, 2022

Thank you for your reply.  Yes, it's faster to save a jpg file.  Maybe I need to "flatten" my group layers. Trouble is once they are flattened I don't think I can change them.