Save history with file???

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My View
Dec 27, 2005
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Is there a way to save the history and layers when you save the image.

I may be part way through working on an image and want to save it so I can work on it the next day or whatever.

I would like to be able to open the image again and still have all the history and layers available exactly the way it appeared before I saved it the day before. There’s always the chance that I want to go back in history to start new changes etc etc.

regards

PeterH

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Trace Elliot
Dec 27, 2005
My View wrote:
Is there a way to save the history and layers when you save the image.
I may be part way through working on an image and want to save it so I can work on it the next day or whatever.

I would like to be able to open the image again and still have all the history and layers available exactly the way it appeared before I saved it the day before. There’s always the chance that I want to go back in history to start new changes etc etc.

regards

PeterH

No you can’t save the history. (it would make the file size enormous). The layer will be there tomorrow, as long as you save your file as a PSD file.
MV
My View
Dec 27, 2005
Yet if the file is RAW you can save the changes made in the Adobe Raw converter before going to PS.
How big a file could it end up being?

"Trace Elliot" wrote in message
My View wrote:
Is there a way to save the history and layers when you save the image.
I may be part way through working on an image and want to save it so I can work on it the next day or whatever.

I would like to be able to open the image again and still have all the history and layers available exactly the way it appeared before I saved it the day before. There’s always the chance that I want to go back in history to start new changes etc etc.

regards

PeterH

No you can’t save the history. (it would make the file size enormous). The layer will be there tomorrow, as long as you save your file as a PSD file.
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Bob
Dec 27, 2005
If you are using CS, you could save versions of the file in Version Cue. Then go back and work on the one you want.
Bob H.

"My View" <no spam > wrote in message
Yet if the file is RAW you can save the changes made in the Adobe Raw converter before going to PS.
How big a file could it end up being?

"Trace Elliot" wrote in message
My View wrote:
Is there a way to save the history and layers when you save the image.
I may be part way through working on an image and want to save it so I can work on it the next day or whatever.

I would like to be able to open the image again and still have all the history and layers available exactly the way it appeared before I saved it the day before. There’s always the chance that I want to go back in history to start new changes etc etc.

regards

PeterH

No you can’t save the history. (it would make the file size enormous). The layer will be there tomorrow, as long as you save your file as a PSD file.

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Mohamed Al-Dabbagh
Dec 27, 2005
My View wrote:
Is there a way to save the history and layers when you save the image.

Hi There!

The idea is, IN CASE that you don’t use any external images or do any scan and wanted to actually save a history-like tracing of what you did, is to start with the image file, and record every step you made in an action. You will have to only save the initial image, and then apply the action to it after that. If you do so, you may even save on disk space.

Mohamed Al-Dabbagh
Senior Graphic Designer
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KatWoman
Dec 27, 2005
"My View" <no spam > wrote in message
Is there a way to save the history and layers when you save the image.
I may be part way through working on an image and want to save it so I can work on it the next day or whatever.

I would like to be able to open the image again and still have all the history and layers available exactly the way it appeared before I saved it the day before. There’s always the chance that I want to go back in history to start new changes etc etc.

regards

PeterH
you can’t save the history but there is a nice feature called layer comps which will save versions of the layers in different orders and visibility. Often I like several mixtures of the layers in different combinations. Makes it quick to show your client several versions of the artwork without having to save each as a separate file.
Seems saving the history is an often wished for feature for PS. Maybe they will have it in the future.
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noone
Dec 27, 2005
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com says…
Is there a way to save the history and layers when you save the image.
I may be part way through working on an image and want to save it so I can work on it the next day or whatever.

I would like to be able to open the image again and still have all the history and layers available exactly the way it appeared before I saved it the day before. There’s always the chance that I want to go back in history to start new changes etc etc.

regards

PeterH

As already stated, the answer is, unfortunately, no. Also stated, a PSD will save the Layers in their exact state upon Save. Layer Comps and Version Cue have been mentioned and will help you get closer to what you want. One method, though costly in HDD real estate is to Edit>Preferences>History (don’t have PS open, so the syntax might be wrong) and set History (CS and later) to Save_As a text file. Then, at every major step (you have to decide what is major), Save_As and give the file a unique name, preferably in alpha/numeric order. You will have the History "list" as a text file also. If you need to go back and change something, go to the previous Save_As and also open the History list from the next. You have to manually (or via Actions), reconstruct the operations, but that is about as close as one can get right now. Lota’ files, and lota’ text History lists, but it would work. Maybe one day an abbreviated version of History can be done in XML, or other, and saved as a seperate file, that could act upon a file in Version Cue.

Hunt
MV
My View
Dec 27, 2005
Thanks Hunt – that is sounding good.
I would only be doing this for images that I haven’t completed in one session or am not 100% happy with by the time the session is closed.

Plenty of ideas to think about – thanks all for you replies

PeterH

"Hunt" wrote in message
In article <YB%rf.110812$>,

com says…
Is there a way to save the history and layers when you save the image.
I may be part way through working on an image and want to save it so I can work on it the next day or whatever.

I would like to be able to open the image again and still have all the history and layers available exactly the way it appeared before I saved it the day before. There’s always the chance that I want to go back in history
to start new changes etc etc.

regards

PeterH

As already stated, the answer is, unfortunately, no. Also stated, a PSD will
save the Layers in their exact state upon Save. Layer Comps and Version Cue
have been mentioned and will help you get closer to what you want. One method,
though costly in HDD real estate is to Edit>Preferences>History (don’t have
PS open, so the syntax might be wrong) and set History (CS and later) to Save_As a text file. Then, at every major step (you have to decide what is major), Save_As and give the file a unique name, preferably in alpha/numeric
order. You will have the History "list" as a text file also. If you need to go
back and change something, go to the previous Save_As and also open the History list from the next. You have to manually (or via Actions), reconstruct
the operations, but that is about as close as one can get right now. Lota’ files, and lota’ text History lists, but it would work. Maybe one day an abbreviated version of History can be done in XML, or other, and saved as a
seperate file, that could act upon a file in Version Cue.
Hunt

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