JPEG Compression in Version 7

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phil_godfrin
Dec 6, 2003
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Greetings,
Apologies if this is an old problem, but…

When saving a JPEG in version 6 Photoshop – well – it saves it. In version 7 it asks for JPEG compression. What gives?

How do I set Photoshop v7 to just SAVE the JPEG without changing the compression characteristics?

thanx,
phil g

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larry
Dec 6, 2003
You can’t.

Photoshop opens Jpegs in a PSD workspace and if you go to Save As Jpeg you’re creating a compressed version of the image you were working on, not of the original Jpeg.

When opening a Jpeg, look at the file size on the status bar and you’ll see what I mean.

The best work flow is to immediately Save As a PSD or TIF coming off a Jpeg and then do all your editing. Theat way you’ll not loose any additional quality. Then Save as an uncompressed and Save again as a Jpeg. If you’ve resized for the web or e-mail, use Save For Web instead of Save As. You’ll get a smaller file Jpeg that has the potential to look better.

Larry Berman
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Chris_Cox
Dec 7, 2003
Photoshop 6 had a bug in that it failed to prompt for the JPEG quality (always saving at the default quality).

Photoshop 7 fixed that bug.
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Burton_Ogden
Dec 7, 2003
Chris,

What was the default quality in PS6 ?

— Burton —
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Chris_Cox
Dec 9, 2003
Burton – unfortunately, it was the last used JPEG quality….

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