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I used to have the ability to save a project as a JPEG/JPG via File > Save As > [drop down] > JPEG, but I believe a recent update has made that capability undoable. Now I need to go File > Export > Export As > [wait a few seconds] > JPG > Choose Location > Save. This is wildly inconvenient.
How do I go back to the other way?
The only options I have currently for Saving As are PSD/PDD/PSDT, PSB, PDF/PDP, or TIF/TIFF.
When I merge layers, it will also let me select PNG.
I little help, please!
The save functionality has changed in the latest PS update.
Use Save a copy to save as JPG.
Read more about it here.
https://petapixel.com/2021/05/18/photoshops-save-as-function-has-changed-on-mac-heres-why/
In version 22.4, if your file contains items that are not supported in your required format (e.g. layers or 16 bits/channel or hidden pixels etc) then the file format is moved from Save As (Shift+Ctrl+S) to the Save a Copy command (Alt+Ctrl+S). This was driven by changes in the Mac Operating System, although the changes are applied to both Mac and Windows versions to keep them aligned.
After feedback from users, in 22.4.2 Adobe added two new options to Preferences > File Handling.
The first allow
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The save functionality has changed in the latest PS update.
Use Save a copy to save as JPG.
Read more about it here.
https://petapixel.com/2021/05/18/photoshops-save-as-function-has-changed-on-mac-heres-why/
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Thank you very much for the reply, Kevin.
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In version 22.4, if your file contains items that are not supported in your required format (e.g. layers or 16 bits/channel or hidden pixels etc) then the file format is moved from Save As (Shift+Ctrl+S) to the Save a Copy command (Alt+Ctrl+S). This was driven by changes in the Mac Operating System, although the changes are applied to both Mac and Windows versions to keep them aligned.
After feedback from users, in 22.4.2 Adobe added two new options to Preferences > File Handling.
The first allows you to revert to the legacy Save As workflow and the second to optionally omit the word "copy" from the filename when using Save a Copy
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new.html
Dave
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Thanks, Dave!