Disabling the "copy" appendage in "Save As" Preset

rename it or at lest that is pretty much what I understand it to mean ( besides a different format)

"Litron" wrote in message
: Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the filename
: in the "Save As" Dialog?
:
: E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)" :
: … just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming there
: is a solution!)
: Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.
:
: Litron
: Never Pet a Burning Dog!
:
:
:
:

I also find it annoying.
I just experimented with it and found a little bug, maybe it’s just my machine. Seems that when constantly opening and closing the "Save As…" dialog box (using the keyboard of course), Photoshop somtimes adds "copy" to the filename and sometimes leaves it as it is. Same happens with the format selection combobox when saving an image with layers. The format’s been constantly changing from PSD to the original JPG.

"Litron" wrote in message | Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the filename | in the "Save As" Dialog?
|
| E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)" |
| … just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming there | is a solution!)
| Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.
|
| Litron
| Never Pet a Burning Dog!
|
|
|
|

1st, Thanx for the reply!

Actually, I’m trying to avoid having to rename the file after I’ve saved it…

I probably didn’t explain myself well… so I’ll try a more "verbose" version:
I save all my work in PSD format to keep the layers editable, but there are times when I need to flatten the final image to a JPG or BMP… so with my PSD file active in Photoshop, I use the "Save As" function to save the original PSD file as a JPG or BMP.

The problem is that Photoshop adds the word " copy" to my original PSD filename!
e.g. "MyFile_01.psd" becomes "MyFile_01 [copy].jpg" in the Save As Dialog… I can manually delete the word " copy" before I save the file – or rename the file after I’ve saved it – but I was hoping to find a way to get Photoshop to quit adding " copy" to my filename in the first place as it’s quite tedious to do it manually all the time.
I thought there might be a "hidden" preferences toggle to achieve this.

Thanx again for any input!

<snip>

rename it or at lest that is pretty much what I understand it to mean ( besides a different format)

no, ps does this to prevent you fromoverwriting the original file.. if one existed. I find it annoyiing too.. but hey it isn’t hard to fix it

Later,
Keeper

"Tom F" wrote in message

I also find it annoying.
I just experimented with it and found a little bug, maybe it’s just my

machine.

Seems that when constantly opening and closing the "Save As…" dialog box (using the keyboard of course), Photoshop somtimes adds "copy" to the

filename

and sometimes leaves it as it is. Same happens with the format selection

combobox

when saving an image with layers. The format’s been constantly changing

from PSD

to the original JPG.

"Litron" wrote in message

| Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the

filename

| in the "Save As" Dialog?
|
| E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)" |
| … just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming

there

| is a solution!)
| Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.
|
| Litron
| Never Pet a Burning Dog!
|
|
|
|

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Litron wrote:

Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the filename in the "Save As" Dialog?

E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)"
… just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming there is a solution!)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.

Litron
Never Pet a Burning Dog!

If you are using a Mac you can use my handy Applescript for this: http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/stripper.html

I was hoping someone would do a version for Windows but as far as I know no one has.

This issue is easily worked around in CS.

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Litron wrote:

Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the filename in the "Save As" Dialog?

E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)"
… just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming there is a solution!)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.

AFAIK, the word "Copy" only appears if you try to save a file in a format that isn’t suitable. For example, you try to save a file in JPEG, but it has layers. In that case, Photoshop suggests to save a (flattened) copy and helps you by suggesting the name with the word "copy".

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That usually only happens whe you select Save a Copy …

It’s there to prevent you from overwriting the original name by a temporary moment of carelessness.

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:50:02 GMT, "Litron" found these unused words floating about:

1st, Thanx for the reply!

Actually, I’m trying to avoid having to rename the file after I’ve saved it…

I probably didn’t explain myself well… so I’ll try a more "verbose" version:
I save all my work in PSD format to keep the layers editable, but there are times when I need to flatten the final image to a JPG or BMP… so with my PSD file active in Photoshop, I use the "Save As" function to save the original PSD file as a JPG or BMP.

The problem is that Photoshop adds the word " copy" to my original PSD filename!
e.g. "MyFile_01.psd" becomes "MyFile_01 [copy].jpg" in the Save As Dialog… I can manually delete the word " copy" before I save the file – or rename the file after I’ve saved it – but I was hoping to find a way to get Photoshop to quit adding " copy" to my filename in the first place as it’s quite tedious to do it manually all the time.
I thought there might be a "hidden" preferences toggle to achieve this.
Thanx again for any input!

<snip>

rename it or at lest that is pretty much what I understand it to mean ( besides a different format)

edjh wrote:

Litron wrote:

Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the filename
in the "Save As" Dialog?

E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)"
… just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming there
is a solution!)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.

Litron
Never Pet a Burning Dog!

If you are using a Mac you can use my handy Applescript for this: http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/stripper.html

I was hoping someone would do a version for Windows but as far as I know no one has.

This issue is easily worked around in CS.

Site is fixed now if anyone tried and had trouble.

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http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:

Litron wrote:

Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the filename in the "Save As" Dialog?

E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)"
… just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming there is a solution!)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.

AFAIK, the word "Copy" only appears if you try to save a file in a format that isn’t suitable. For example, you try to save a file in JPEG, but it has layers. In that case, Photoshop suggests to save a (flattened) copy and helps you by suggesting the name with the word "copy".

It’s not a suggestion. It’s forced on you. That kind of "help" I can do without. I’ve yet to see .jpg overwrite .psd. As long as you have the correct extensions there is no danger.

But this has been gone over and over on the Adobe forums. The only solutions are a script or a change in workflow or upgrade to CS.

—
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:

Litron wrote:

Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the filename in the "Save As" Dialog?

E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)"
… just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming there is a solution!)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.

AFAIK, the word "Copy" only appears if you try to save a file in a format that isn’t suitable. For example, you try to save a file in JPEG, but it has layers. In that case, Photoshop suggests to save a (flattened) copy and helps you by suggesting the name with the word "copy".

I feel, that’s awkward. Why not just have a warning which can be disabled?

Uni

edjh wrote:

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:

Litron wrote:

Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the filename
in the "Save As" Dialog?

E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)"
… just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming there
is a solution!)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.

AFAIK, the word "Copy" only appears if you try to save a file in a format that isn’t suitable. For example, you try to save a file in JPEG, but it has layers. In that case, Photoshop suggests to save a (flattened) copy and helps you by suggesting the name with the word "copy".

It’s not a suggestion. It’s forced on you. That kind of "help" I can do without.

I know what you mean. It’s like treating a professional as a baby, by spoon feeding him/her.

🙂

Uni

I’ve yet to see .jpg overwrite .psd. As long as you have the

correct extensions there is no danger.

But this has been gone over and over on the Adobe forums. The only solutions are a script or a change in workflow or upgrade to CS.

On my Comp. it happens when I use "Save As", not sure why… as I’m changing the file extension to .jpg or .bmp , there is no chance of overwriting the original .psd file…

"J. A. Mc." wrote in message

That usually only happens whe you select Save a Copy …
It’s there to prevent you from overwriting the original name by a

temporary

moment of carelessness.

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:50:02 GMT, "Litron" found these unused words floating about:

1st, Thanx for the reply!

Actually, I’m trying to avoid having to rename the file after I’ve saved it…

I probably didn’t explain myself well… so I’ll try a more "verbose" version:
I save all my work in PSD format to keep the layers editable, but there

are

times when I need to flatten the final image to a JPG or BMP… so with

my

PSD file active in Photoshop, I use the "Save As" function to save the original PSD file as a JPG or BMP.

The problem is that Photoshop adds the word " copy" to my original PSD filename!
e.g. "MyFile_01.psd" becomes "MyFile_01 [copy].jpg" in the Save As

Dialog…

I can manually delete the word " copy" before I save the file – or rename the file after I’ve saved it – but I was hoping to find a way to get Photoshop to quit adding " copy" to my filename in the first place as

it’s

quite tedious to do it manually all the time.
I thought there might be a "hidden" preferences toggle to achieve this.
Thanx again for any input!

<snip>

rename it or at lest that is pretty much what I understand it to mean

(

besides a different format)

No, not overly hard to fix – but annoying! If I have a PS file and I save it as a JPG… I know that it’s a copy of the original and there is absolutely no chance of overwriting the original PSD file since I’m Saving it as .JPG… – why can’t the default filename be the original: "FileName" + ".JPG instead of "FileName copy.JPG"? Exactly who are we trying to protect here? People who have a PSD file, then go to save it as JPG, but accidentally select PSD as the file extension – even without reading the dialogs… the worst that can happen is that you resave the file under the original filename… No Harm Done, Right! Even if someone flattened the image first… you would still be asked if you wanted to save over top of the original PSD file… Any fool that is fluent in Photoshop should know the answer to that question… and, if they don’t, they only make the mistake once…. I really don’t see the reason for the "so called" precaution! Just my opinion!

Litron

"Keeper" wrote in message

no, ps does this to prevent you fromoverwriting the original file.. if

one

existed. I find it annoyiing too.. but hey it isn’t hard to fix it
Later,
Keeper

"Tom F" wrote in message

I also find it annoying.
I just experimented with it and found a little bug, maybe it’s just my

machine.

Seems that when constantly opening and closing the "Save As…" dialog

box

(using the keyboard of course), Photoshop somtimes adds "copy" to the

filename

and sometimes leaves it as it is. Same happens with the format selection

combobox

when saving an image with layers. The format’s been constantly changing

from PSD

to the original JPG.

"Litron" wrote in message

| Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the

filename

| in the "Save As" Dialog?
|
| E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)" |
| … just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming

there

| is a solution!)
| Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.
|
| Litron
| Never Pet a Burning Dog!
|
|
|
|

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Exactly… if you’re even semi-fluent in PS you know that saving a file with a different file extension will not overwrite the original PSD file – even if you’re flattening the image…so who needs ".copy" added to the filename?

Why not give us the option of turning this (my opinion) utterly useless feature off?

Litron

If
"Uni" wrote in message

edjh wrote:

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:

Litron wrote:

Is there any way to disable PS7 from adding the word "copy" to the filename
in the "Save As" Dialog?

E.G.: "FileName.psd" in PS7 becomes "FileName copy.(jpg, bmp, etc)"
… just an annoyance of mine that would be nice to rectify (assuming there
is a solution!)
Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.

AFAIK, the word "Copy" only appears if you try to save a file in a format that isn’t suitable. For example, you try to save a file in

JPEG,

but it has layers. In that case, Photoshop suggests to save a (flattened) copy and helps you by suggesting the name with the word "copy".

It’s not a suggestion. It’s forced on you. That kind of "help" I can do without.

I know what you mean. It’s like treating a professional as a baby, by spoon feeding him/her.

🙂

Uni

I’ve yet to see .jpg overwrite .psd. As long as you have the

correct extensions there is no danger.

But this has been gone over and over on the Adobe forums. The only solutions are a script or a change in workflow or upgrade to CS.

Not sure if this is helpful, but I’m running XP Pro – not sure if this may be a conflict with the O/S, but thought I’d include the info incase someone has heard of problems in this area…

thanx again,

Litron

"Litron" wrote in message

On my Comp. it happens when I use "Save As", not sure why… as I’m

changing

the file extension to .jpg or .bmp , there is no chance of overwriting the original .psd file…

"J. A. Mc." wrote in message

That usually only happens whe you select Save a Copy …
It’s there to prevent you from overwriting the original name by a

temporary

moment of carelessness.

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 03:50:02 GMT, "Litron" found these unused words floating about:

1st, Thanx for the reply!

Actually, I’m trying to avoid having to rename the file after I’ve

saved

it…

I probably didn’t explain myself well… so I’ll try a more "verbose" version:
I save all my work in PSD format to keep the layers editable, but there

are

times when I need to flatten the final image to a JPG or BMP… so with

my

PSD file active in Photoshop, I use the "Save As" function to save the original PSD file as a JPG or BMP.

The problem is that Photoshop adds the word " copy" to my original PSD filename!
e.g. "MyFile_01.psd" becomes "MyFile_01 [copy].jpg" in the Save As

Dialog…

I can manually delete the word " copy" before I save the file – or

rename

the file after I’ve saved it – but I was hoping to find a way to get Photoshop to quit adding " copy" to my filename in the first place as

it’s

quite tedious to do it manually all the time.
I thought there might be a "hidden" preferences toggle to achieve this.
Thanx again for any input!

<snip>

rename it or at lest that is pretty much what I understand it to

mean

(

besides a different format)

I’m running windows so, unfortunately, still SOL for now… thanx for the info, anyways!

Litron.
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If you are using a Mac you can use my handy Applescript for this: http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/stripper.html

I was hoping someone would do a version for Windows but as far as I know no one has.

This issue is easily worked around in CS.

—
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html