Auto Save?

"The Magician" wrote in message

Was curious to know if Photoshop has some sort of "auto save" function. When I used CorelDraw at a previous job…I found I could set it to auto

save my work every so many minutes, etc. and found this feature really handy.

Is there any reason Adobe never included something like it in

Photoshop…or am I maybe missing it, if it is included?

Thanks!

Come on now!
How hard is it to CTRL+S ?
Are you missing some fingers?

Stephan

The Magician wrote:

Was curious to know if Photoshop has some sort of "auto save" function.
When I used CorelDraw at a previous job…I found I could set it to auto save my work every so many minutes, etc. and found this feature really handy. Is there any reason Adobe never included something

like

it in Photoshop…or am I maybe missing it, if it is included?

If you’ve ever worked on *really* big files you’ll be happy *not* to be interrupted by an autosave of, say 200 MB…

Helmut
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All typos © My Knotty Fingers Ltd. Capacity Dept.

"Helmut P. Einfalt" wrote in message

The Magician wrote:

Was curious to know if Photoshop has some sort of "auto save" function.
When I used CorelDraw at a previous job…I found I could set it to auto save my work every so many minutes, etc. and found this feature really handy. Is there any reason Adobe never included something

like

it in Photoshop…or am I maybe missing it, if it is included?

If you’ve ever worked on *really* big files you’ll be happy *not* to be interrupted by an autosave of, say 200 MB…

Helmut

Hallo Helmut,
Where have you been?
Must have been over a year

Stephan

"Stephan" wrote in message

"Helmut P. Einfalt" wrote in message

The Magician wrote:

Was curious to know if Photoshop has some sort of "auto save" function.
When I used CorelDraw at a previous job…I found I could set it to auto save my work every so many minutes, etc. and found this feature really handy. Is there any reason Adobe never included something

like

it in Photoshop…or am I maybe missing it, if it is included?

If you’ve ever worked on *really* big files you’ll be happy *not* to be interrupted by an autosave of, say 200 MB…

Helmut

Hallo Helmut,
Where have you been?
Must have been over a year

Stephan

Many happy returns 🙂

Arty

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Come on now!
How hard is it to CTRL+S ?
Are you missing some fingers?

Stephan

Well…it would come in handy for times when you get so involved or even distracted by something, and forget to do that you Putz.
(like going away from your desk for a second, and having the power shut off, etc. Which has happened to me a gazillion times at my office. And
CorelDraw saved my bacon.)
It was a simple question that didn’t warrant a smartass answer. (which seems to be the norm around here.)
As far as what the other dude said about 200 mg files…it would still be nice to HAVE such a feature…and be able to turn it OFF under such
circumstances.

The,

I don’t think Photoshop has this feature. At least I couldn’t find any mention of it in the help files. It seems it could be a double edge sword though. What if it saved when you didn’t want it to save and your history states couldn’t go back that far? Maybe an egg timer would work to remind you! (You’ve already saved the bacon.)

Corey 🙂

"The Magician" wrote in message

Was curious to know if Photoshop has some sort of "auto save" function. When I used CorelDraw at a previous job…I found I could set it to auto

save my work every so many minutes, etc. and found this feature really handy.

Is there any reason Adobe never included something like it in

Photoshop…or am I maybe missing it, if it is included?

Thanks!
The Magician

"The Magician" wrote in message

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Come on now!
How hard is it to CTRL+S ?
Are you missing some fingers?

Stephan

Well…it would come in handy for times when you get so involved or even

distracted by something, and forget to do that you Putz.

(like going away from your desk for a second, and having the power shut

off, etc. Which has happened to me a gazillion times at my office. And

CorelDraw saved my bacon.)
It was a simple question that didn’t warrant a smartass answer. (which

seems to be the norm around here.)

As far as what the other dude said about 200 mg files…it would still be

nice to HAVE such a feature…and be able to turn it OFF under such

circumstances.

That was not a smartass answer at all
I think PS is bloated already and I would personally not like to see more Auto-This and Auto-That "features" added.
I already find Auto Contrast and other automations irritating in PS Fine by me if Adobe would add them to Elements but let’s keep PS mean and as lean as possible
Just makes the manual thicker and harder to digest, but then, who reads it apart me?

Now comes the smartass stuff:
If you already lost files gazillions of times while you were away from your desk for a second (bladder problems Grand Pa?) don’t you think it is time to buy a UPS?

Stephan

The Magician wrote:

It was a simple question that didn’t warrant a smartass answer. (which seems to be the norm around here.)

Asking whether there was any reason not to hit ctrl+s (or the Mac equivalent) certainly is no smartass answer.

Well…it would come in handy

Being right in the middle of some fiddly process and the machine starts freezing for a second (or so it seems) just because the pretty complicated temporary file structure of Photoshop must be converted to a "real" file?
I’d *not* love it…

As far as what the other dude said about 200 mg files…it would still be nice to HAVE such a feature…and be able to turn it OFF under such circumstances.

If you have some little matter at hand, nothing much is lost if for some reason it goes down. And if you have some bigger matter to work with, why not save it on a regular basis?

And, no, I don’t want to be called "dude" by someone who complains about "smartass" answers…

Helmut
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All typos © My Knotty Fingers Ltd. Capacity Dept.

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That was not a smartass answer at all

Jeezuz…does it really have to escalate to this…?
Depends on what your definition of smartass is, and what end of that "comment" of yours that your on…smartass.
I was asking a simple question, in need a a simple answer. But dickheads like yourself seem to feel a need to put ya two cents in.
You know da drill…"Opinions are like assholes…" Wasn’t looking for yours…Asshole.

I think PS is bloated already and I would personally not like to see more Auto-This and Auto-That "features" added…."Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah…"

Again…more "opinion"…keep it to yourself. I belive my original question started with something like "Is there any reason Adobe never included this
feature…?" Not…"Duh…wutz yor opinion of this guys…?"

Just makes the manual thicker and harder to digest, but then, who reads it apart me?

If you have trouble reading…try "Hooked On Phonics" junior. I personally like new tools etc. added to Photoshop…but then…you weren’t asking about what I thought…were you now…?

Now comes the smartass stuff:
If you already lost files gazillions of times while you were away from your desk for a second (bladder problems Grand Pa?) don’t you think it is time to buy a UPS?

"I Know My Name Is" Stephan

Uh…ya know what…enjoy "Life in da Peanut Gallery" commentboy… there’s apparently no hope for you. Maybe your wife…or Momma will give you some
of the attention your obviously lacking… I’m done with you.

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Asking whether there was any reason not to hit ctrl+s (or the Mac equivalent) certainly is no smartass answer.

I don’t know how it all tranlates into your language there Helmut…but… "What’s a matter…missing some fingers?" IS a smartass answer in my
language.

Being right in the middle of some fiddly process and the machine starts freezing for a second (or so it seems) just because the pretty complicated temporary file structure of Photoshop must be converted to a "real" file?
I’d *not* love it…

Jeezuz…MORE "opinion". Wasn’t what my original post asked for…

And, no, I don’t want to be called "dude" by someone who complains about "smartass" answers…

Ummm…know what…I don’t care.
Hey…I’m just playing by what the "rules" apparently are around here…"act like a jerk".
I just asked a simple question… looking for simple answers, not opinions. But you can read my last post to the first smartass…and apply it to yourself. And by the way…I won’t call you dude…dood.
Your real name is funny enuff!

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Come on now!
How hard is it to CTRL+S ?
Are you missing some fingers?

Stephan

Well…it would come in handy for times when you get so involved or even

distrac

ted by something, and forget to do that you Putz.
(like going away from your desk for a second, and having the power shut off,

etc

. Which has happened to me a gazillion times at my office. And CorelDraw saved my bacon.)
It was a simple question that didn’t warrant a smartass answer. (which seems

to

be the norm around here.)
As far as what the other dude said about 200 mg files…it would still be

nice t

o HAVE such a feature…and be able to turn it OFF under such circumstances.

I think that because larger files are the norm with Photoshop, the decision was made to not have this feature, as the time to Save these files can be a great distraction to the creative process. All of the programs that I’ve used with Auto-save functions are most often used with much smaller files.

Yes, there have been times, when I wished I’d just done the Ctrl-S, and had not, but having my program halt me in the process of finishing a complex Selection, and having to start that process over, because of Auto-save more than makes up for it.

Hunt

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In article <JEo8d.2531$

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That was not a smartass answer at all

Jeezuz…does it really have to escalate to this…?
Depends on what your definition of smartass is, and what end of that "

comment" o

f yours that your on…smartass.
I was asking a simple question, in need a a simple answer. But dickheads like

yo

urself seem to feel a need to put ya two cents in.
You know da drill…"Opinions are like assholes…" Wasn’t looking for yours

….A

sshole.

I think PS is bloated already and I would personally not like to see more Auto-This and Auto-That "features" added…."Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah…"

Again…more "opinion"…keep it to yourself. I belive my original question

star

ted with something like "Is there any reason Adobe never included this feature…?" Not…"Duh…wutz yor opinion of this guys…?"

Just makes the manual thicker and harder to digest, but then, who reads it apart me?

If you have trouble reading…try "Hooked On Phonics" junior. I personally like new tools etc. added to Photoshop…but then…you weren’t

ask

ing about what I thought…were you now…?

Now comes the smartass stuff:
If you already lost files gazillions of times while you were away from your desk for a second (bladder problems Grand Pa?) don’t you think it is time

to

buy a UPS?

"I Know My Name Is" Stephan

Uh…ya know what…enjoy "Life in da Peanut Gallery" commentboy… there’s

appa

rently no hope for you. Maybe your wife…or Momma will give you some of the attention your obviously lacking… I’m done with you.

Your response to the answers indicate that it may have been more of a " smartass" question. Is that correct?

Hunt

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helmut.p

says…

Asking whether there was any reason not to hit ctrl+s (or the Mac equivalent) certainly is no smartass answer.

I don’t know how it all tranlates into your language there Helmut…but… "

What

‘s a matter…missing some fingers?" IS a smartass answer in my language.

Being right in the middle of some fiddly process and the machine starts freezing for a second (or so it seems) just because the pretty complicated temporary file structure of Photoshop must be converted to a "real" file?
I’d *not* love it…

Jeezuz…MORE "opinion". Wasn’t what my original post asked for…

And, no, I don’t want to be called "dude" by someone who complains about "smartass" answers…

Ummm…know what…I don’t care.
Hey…I’m just playing by what the "rules" apparently are around here…"act

lik

e a jerk".
I just asked a simple question… looking for simple answers, not opinions. But you can read my last post to the first smartass…and apply it to

yourself.

And by the way…I won’t call you dude…dood.
Your real name is funny enuff!

The simple answer is that Photoshop is designed for those with mostly large, complicated files, manipulated in a very creative way. Breaking the thread of creativity is the factor that Adobe chose as too great to allow for an Auto- save feature. A simple decision.

Hunt

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The,

I don’t think Photoshop has this feature. At least I couldn’t find any mention of it in the help files. It seems it could be a double edge sword though. What if it saved when you didn’t want it to save and your history states couldn’t go back that far? Maybe an egg timer would work to remind you! (You’ve already saved the bacon.)

Corey 🙂

"The Magician" wrote in message

Was curious to know if Photoshop has some sort of "auto save" function. When I used CorelDraw at a previous job…I found I could set it to auto

save my work every so many minutes, etc. and found this feature really handy.

Is there any reason Adobe never included something like it in

Photoshop…or am I maybe missing it, if it is included?

Thanks!
The Magician

Peadge,

This is one aspect that I had not even thought of. Most times, I’m going to do a Save_As and do NOT want the work just completed to be Save(d) over my original image – NEVER. Matter of fact, I often find that Save and Save_As are too danged close on the menu, and with the key-strokes at 3:00 AM, when the client needs the CD delivered to the printer at 7:00AM and all the delivery services are busy!!!! The only way I’d ever let Auto-save exist in PS is if it did a Save_As with a new name, and actually a new version with each operation. However, I’d end up with 15 versions of 2GB files all over my system, and just have to Delete the things, when the work is done. Auto-save is OK for my word processors, my spreadsheets, and the like, but not for Photoshop – IMHO, which I know was not asked for, but given anyway.

Hunt

"The Magician" wrote in message

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Uh…ya know what…enjoy "Life in da Peanut Gallery" commentboy…

there’s apparently no hope for you. Maybe your wife…or Momma will give you some

of the attention your obviously lacking… I’m done with you.

Apparently you did not read the Hooked on Phonics books you recommend… Glad you are done with me

Stephan

"Stephan" wrote in message news:<Vx98d.2255> > Is there any reason Adobe never included something like it in

Photoshop…or am I maybe missing it, if it is included?

Thanks!

Come on now!
How hard is it to CTRL+S ?

Hi Stephan!

I have a belief that Photoshop will not include Auto_save in their software on the short run. The reason is that, it is just not practical to save huge files (of Photoshop caliper) automatically every, say, 10 minutes. Why, cuz large files will sometimes take more than 10 minutes to save! Applications that include Auto_save OR Restore_file features actually implement a technique of creating a temporary file that receives direct committing (instantaneous hard disk writing). So, for example if you type a sentence (in Microsoft Word), you are writing a letter by letter to the temporary file. While in case of Photoshop, you are dealing with a huge number of bytes such that committing to a temporary file will result in a very slow software and very huge temporary files (only streamed bytes could be stored without compression). Before saving the file in final form, Photoshop will use a (lossless) compression scheme (LZW) that will economize the space on hard disks. The reason behind using compression is the existance of transparent layers, with many transparent pixels, that will form typical pattern repetition, and thus better compression.

However, I think that Adobe should employ something like enabling autosave for a FLATTENED version of the image, and leave layers to manual saving. This would be relatively fast in average images (not large images). The Auto_save of a single flattened layer may not be programmed in minutes, but in operations. So after every 2 or 3 operations on an image, the software will save a temporary flattened version, that MAY help in case of disaster.

Keep wishing!

Mohamed Al-Dabbagh
Senior Graphic Designer

"Mohamed Al-Dabbagh" wrote in message

"Stephan" wrote in message news:<Vx98d.2255> > Is

there any reason Adobe never included something like it in

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However, I think that Adobe should employ something like enabling autosave for a FLATTENED version of the image, and leave layers to manual saving. This would be relatively fast in average images (not large images). The Auto_save of a single flattened layer may not be programmed in minutes, but in operations. So after every 2 or 3 operations on an image, the software will save a temporary flattened version, that MAY help in case of disaster.

Hi Mohamed!

You don’t have the real thing anymore but you still can see how nice your work looked before you had to start again.
Sounds a bit like when people have their lapdogs stuffed after they die 🙂

Stephan