Saving as JPEG

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Courtney_Anthony
Jan 25, 2004
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I am scanning B&W photos into Photoshop 7.0 using a HP 4670 scanner (Windows XP Home). After some minor adjustments (crop, levels), I find that my only format options (Save as) are .PSD, .Tiff & Raw. I can convert to JPEG in another program but this is a pain. I have never had this problem before. The scanner output is saved as greyscale.
Any suggestions?
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John_Slate
Jan 25, 2004
Do you have layers?

You have to flatten to save as Jpeg.

BTW Jpeg is a lossy format. It degrades your image

Why do you need Jpeg?

Also, for B&W you should be in grayscsle mode, not RGB. That is unless you want sepias or something like that.

Don, are you trying to say that you can’t save a grayscale as a Jpeg???
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larry
Jan 25, 2004
You don’t have to flatten first. Jpegs dfon’t support layers so Photoshop automatically flattens while saving.

Larry Berman
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John_Slate
Jan 26, 2004
Sorry I have v5… that’s the way it used to work.

So what would limit the number of file formats in the "save as" dialog in v7 to PSD TIF and RAW?
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brent_bertram
Jan 26, 2004
Courtney,
They’re probably 16 bit images . If you convert to 8 bit you can save as JPG ( not a good idea , in general, because of the lossy compression ).

🙂

Brent
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John_Slate
Jan 26, 2004
Yup that’s it. 16 bit.

I would keep them as 16 bit psd or tiffs if I was you.

Convert to 8 bit only if you need to place in a layout.

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