Can I set the default to save files to JPG?

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Carrie
Jul 31, 2004
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I’ve asked this on some computer boards and nobody seems to know, of thinks you can’t.

This is in PS6.

I also have PaintShop Pro 7 – I learned first and use for some things while I’l learning PS and someone just told me how to do it with that. In PREFERENCES check "remember last file extension used". This is wonderful! I don’t have to keep scrolling down to find JPG, because it would automatically have the PSP file extension in the SAVE AS box.

Seems like there must be a way to do this in Photoshop, too?

I looked in HELP and found something that sounded like it, but when I went there (in the preferences) I couldn’t find it, how I wanted it.

So, when I click SAVE AS it’s on JPG. If I want to save it as something else (rarely) I can scroll and find THAT.

Even when I’ve used Batch Process (something I have just learned to do) and save the first picture as JPG, before I stop recording and start Batching, it still brings up the file saving box set on PS files and I have to keep scrolling to JPG for each picture as it goes through them.

It would make my life so much easier! (LOL)

~ Carrie

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Hans Fleischmann
Jul 31, 2004
Carrie wrote:
I’ve asked this on some computer boards and nobody seems to know, of thinks you can’t.

This is in PS6.

I also have PaintShop Pro 7 – I learned first and use for some things while I’l learning PS and someone just told me how to do it with that. In PREFERENCES check "remember last file extension used". This is wonderful! I don’t have to keep scrolling down to find JPG, because it would automatically have the PSP file extension in the SAVE AS box.
Seems like there must be a way to do this in Photoshop, too?
I looked in HELP and found something that sounded like it, but when I went there (in the preferences) I couldn’t find it, how I wanted it.
So, when I click SAVE AS it’s on JPG. If I want to save it as something else (rarely) I can scroll and find THAT.

Even when I’ve used Batch Process (something I have just learned to do) and save the first picture as JPG, before I stop recording and start Batching, it still brings up the file saving box set on PS files and I have to keep scrolling to JPG for each picture as it goes through them.
It would make my life so much easier! (LOL)

~ Carrie
No, you can’t, and no, you don’t want to.


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edjh
Jul 31, 2004
Carrie wrote:
I’ve asked this on some computer boards and nobody seems to know, of thinks you can’t.

This is in PS6.

I also have PaintShop Pro 7 – I learned first and use for some things while I’l learning PS and someone just told me how to do it with that. In PREFERENCES check "remember last file extension used". This is wonderful! I don’t have to keep scrolling down to find JPG, because it would automatically have the PSP file extension in the SAVE AS box.
Seems like there must be a way to do this in Photoshop, too?
I looked in HELP and found something that sounded like it, but when I went there (in the preferences) I couldn’t find it, how I wanted it.
So, when I click SAVE AS it’s on JPG. If I want to save it as something else (rarely) I can scroll and find THAT.

Even when I’ve used Batch Process (something I have just learned to do) and save the first picture as JPG, before I stop recording and start Batching, it still brings up the file saving box set on PS files and I have to keep scrolling to JPG for each picture as it goes through them.
It would make my life so much easier! (LOL)

~ Carrie
Make an action and set it to an F key.


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David
Aug 1, 2004
So, when I click SAVE AS it’s on JPG. If I want to save it as something else (rarely) I can scroll and find THAT.

Make an action and set it to an F key.

To expand on the above…

With an image open that is ready to be saved…
Click on the New Action button at the bottom of the Actions Palette In the dialog box give it a name. (I used SavPSD, and a keystroke, I use SHFT+F3)
Click on Start Recording
Type ALT+F > A (The Save File As… dialog box comes up.) Hit TAB
Hit DOWN ARROW
Hit UP or DOWN ARROW until the file type you’re going to be using most often is selected.
Hit ENTER
If you’re going to keep the file name unchanged Hit ENTER again. Stop the recording.

David

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