Saving files in Photoshop

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Summertown
May 22, 2006
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When I press Crl-S to save a file, the default always comes up giving me PSD fule type. Since in 99% of the cases I want to save in JPG format, is there a way of making the default to come up in JPG format?
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Rudy Benner
May 22, 2006
"Summertown" wrote in message
When I press Crl-S to save a file, the default always comes up giving me PSD fule type. Since in 99% of the cases I want to save in JPG format, is there a way of making the default to come up in JPG format?

If you file has mask or layers or is more than 8 bit. you cannot save in Jpeg format.
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Summertown
May 22, 2006
My apologies, I meant when I press Shift+Ctrl+S (i.e. SAVE AS), I get the PSD file type as default, yet I can select and save in a dozen different formats. I nearly always choose the JPG and tedioously I always have to select it from the drop down menu. Is there nothing in the preferences that can make this the default???

"Rudy Benner" wrote in message
"Summertown" wrote in message
When I press Crl-S to save a file, the default always comes up giving
me
PSD fule type. Since in 99% of the cases I want to save in JPG format,
is
there a way of making the default to come up in JPG format?

If you file has mask or layers or is more than 8 bit. you cannot save in Jpeg format.

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noone
May 22, 2006
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When I press Crl-S to save a file, the default always comes up giving me PSD fule type. Since in 99% of the cases I want to save in JPG format, is there a way of making the default to come up in JPG format?

Because it is a wise move to Save any manipulated file in PSD, PS defaults to that. Also, as Rudy states, there are limitations on what can be Save[ed] to JPG. If your image is without Layers, Adj Layers, Alpha Channels, etc. then, if it IS already a JPG (not a good work flow) it will Save with JPG as the default. If it is TIFF, PSD, has things that keep it from being a JPG in its native form, then PSD will default.

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Dave
May 22, 2006
On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:38:20 +0100, "Summertown" wrote:
. I nearly always choose the JPG and tedioously I always have to select it from the drop down menu. Is there nothing in the preferences that can make this the default???

how on earth can you pronounce your preferences for JPG so loud when you know tacit is reading here as well:-)

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KatWoman
May 22, 2006
"Hunt" wrote in message
In article , says…
When I press Crl-S to save a file, the default always comes up giving me PSD fule type. Since in 99% of the cases I want to save in JPG format, is there a way of making the default to come up in JPG format?

Because it is a wise move to Save any manipulated file in PSD, PS defaults to
that. Also, as Rudy states, there are limitations on what can be Save[ed] to
JPG. If your image is without Layers, Adj Layers, Alpha Channels, etc. then,
if it IS already a JPG (not a good work flow) it will Save with JPG as the default. If it is TIFF, PSD, has things that keep it from being a JPG in its
native form, then PSD will default.

Hunt

PS is trying to save the noobies from making the error of not saving in editable formats, so unless you tell it it won’t do the wrong thing because you should NOT save jpg over jpg.

jpg is for web use, not the best for saving all data and info

OR use save for web, it will only show jpg and gif and png format, if you used it for jpg last time it was open, it will remember
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Tacit
May 23, 2006
In article ,
"Summertown" wrote:

My apologies, I meant when I press Shift+Ctrl+S (i.e. SAVE AS), I get the PSD file type as default, yet I can select and save in a dozen different formats. I nearly always choose the JPG and tedioously I always have to select it from the drop down menu. Is there nothing in the preferences that can make this the default???

There is a reason that the default is coming up as PSD.

The default is coming up as PSD because you have edited the image in some way, such as adding a layer, that can not be saved in a JPEG file. JPEG files can not contain things like layers; when you save a JPEG, the layers are flattened.

Photoshop will not come up with a default JPEG because Photoshop does not want to come up with a default that will cause you to lose information from your file.

Why do you prefer to work in JPEG? JPEG degrades the quality of your images; it was invented for situations where file size on disk is critical and file quality is not important. This loss of quality is cumulative; if you edit and re-save a JPEG, the quality goes down and down each time.

JPEG is not a good default file format. I would urge you, if you care about your images, to choose a different file format.

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