Problem with file size

Question

So, I have an art project I'm working on that is currently saved as a .psb file at 663.8MB. I am trying to get the file back to a .psd file which is where it was earlier tonight. I need this so that I can open and work with the project in some other applications. When I try and save the file as a .psd, I get a message that the file cannot be saved:

"Could not save as [. . .] because the document exceeds the 2 gigabyte limit for file data".

This file has been a .psd file for as long as I've been working on it, most recently at just 1.24GB. I did some work today to consolidate the layers to save space and after significantly decreasing the amount of layers I was working with, it now gives the above message and only allows me to save and work with the .psb Large Format File.

Any help would be much appreciated, this is seriously messing with my workflow.

-Thanks in advance.

davescm · Answer

Where are you measuring the psb file size?

If the psb is saved to disk and measures 663MB on disk it should indeed save to psd.

However , if you are measuring from the info panel (or the bottom left of the Photoshop window) then the number displayed is the size in memory. Sometimes that is larger than filesize on disk (due to compression) but sometimes it is much smaller, specifically when the document contains smart objects. The size in RAM counts each smart object as a single pixel layer when in fact the contents can be multi layered and contain further nested smart objects.

Dave

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