Begging for some Photoshop help!

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/03/2004 09:10:58 PM · #1

This is driving me crazy!!

I have a photo that I worked on a while back, and now cannot remember the sequence I used, but I am trying to convert it to jpeg (from either psd or tiff) and it WILL NOT save the color information!

I have the file as both a psd, and a tiff, it's a grayscale with one selected area that is color;
the psd says (Background, Quick Mask)
the tiff says (Quick Mask);
whenever I try to save as a jpeg, the color turns to grayscale.

I searched the forums, but found nothing that worked with this situation. Desperately need help! I will not be able to sleep tonight if I can't figure this out!
Thanks in advance to you PS gurus!

justine

Canon EOS-50D

01/03/2004 09:15:57 PM · #2

Check the mode your working in.

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

01/03/2004 09:21:09 PM · #3

I was in Quick Mask mode, but switched to Standard Mode, then went to Select-Save Selection, but it didn't work.

faidoi

Pentax K10D

01/03/2004 09:24:14 PM · #4

Flatten layers?

Pedro

Nikon D200

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED

01/03/2004 09:26:00 PM · #5

Originally posted by lhall:

convert it back to RGB, then it'll save as you see it.

Pedro

edit: that is: image-->mode-->RGB color.

Message edited by author 2004-01-03 21:28:41.

01/03/2004 09:28:57 PM · #6

Originally posted by faidoi:

Flatten layers?

With the psd file, I tried Flatten Layers, didn't work. But I just noticed that when I switched to Standard mode, the color goes away.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/03/2004 09:30:59 PM · #7

Originally posted by Pedro:

Originally posted by lhall:
This is driving me crazy!!

I have a photo that I worked on a while back, and now cannot remember the sequence I used, but I am trying to convert it to jpeg (from either psd or tiff) and it WILL NOT save the color information!

I have the file as both a psd, and a tiff, it's a grayscale with one selected area that is color;
the psd says (Background, Quick Mask)
the tiff says (Quick Mask);
whenever I try to save as a jpeg, the color turns to grayscale.

I searched the forums, but found nothing that worked with this situation. Desperately need help! I will not be able to sleep tonight if I can't figure this out!
Thanks in advance to you PS gurus!

convert it back to RGB, then it'll save as you see it.

Pedro

edit: that is: image-->mode-->RGB color.

Tried that, didn't work.

unholycommunion

Canon EOS-20D

01/03/2004 09:35:00 PM · #8

this is a guess: in photoshop, while the photo still has color and all filters selected select all and copy, then paste it to paint....see if that works....let me know!

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

01/03/2004 09:38:49 PM · #9

JPEG does not support the alpha channel which exists with QuickMask or a saved selection.

The easiest way to deal with this is, when your .psd looks the way you want, to SaveAsCopy -- this will usually allow you to pick any format compatible with the color-space you are using.

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

01/03/2004 09:39:05 PM · #10

Originally posted by unholycommunion:

this is a guess: in photoshop, while the photo still has color and all filters selected select all and copy, then paste it to paint....see if that works....let me know!

On both the tiff and the psd, it copies only the "color layer", and when pasted into paint, it is grayscale. (And in both files, Flatten Layers is not available as an option.)

faidoi

Pentax K10D

01/03/2004 10:24:03 PM · #11

Save for Web?

Is the current image on a cd? Was the image first work on a Mac or Pc and now you're using the other system to convert?

faidoi

Pentax K10D

Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF

01/03/2004 10:30:38 PM · #12

Which mode are the images in currently? 8 bits/16bits channel?

Combing through some of my PS books and magazines.

rich

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

01/03/2004 10:38:19 PM · #13

How large is the image? If you can see all of it at 100%, you could simply screen print it (copy to clipboard) and save the new image you create from that as a jpeg. Doesn't really solve the original problem, but is a workaround to get you the jpeg.

Rich.