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11/27/2006 03:41:03 PM · #1 |
Maybe my Google-fu is weak, but I couldn't find an answer to this question, and I have a hard time believing you can't adjust this.
When I 'Save As... JPEG' from Photoshop, PS always inserts the word 'copy' in the filename. This is annoying as hell, since my originals are never JPEGs. Does anyone know if there is a way to turn this off.
NOTE: I am specifically not using 'Save for Web...' because I need to keep the EXIF data.
Thanks in advance.
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11/27/2006 03:46:00 PM · #2 |
If you type in the filename you want to use before you select JPG as the type, it won't insert the [copy] portion.
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11/27/2006 03:46:45 PM · #3 |
A few questions...
Are you in 16-bit mode?
Do you have more than one layer?
If so, Save As is always going to insert that "copy" in the file name.
Message edited by author 2006-11-27 15:47:43.
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11/27/2006 03:49:15 PM · #4 |
16-bits doesn't even allow you to save as JPG.
I save as JPG with more than one layer often, and no "copy" behind the filename.. |
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11/27/2006 03:52:07 PM · #5 |
I have Elements 4 and I have to uncheck 'save in organizer' (or something to that effect) and it removes the 'copy' stuff.
Message edited by author 2006-11-27 15:52:26. |
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11/27/2006 03:52:41 PM · #6 |
| underneath where you type the filename in their should be something that says "Save Options." Make sure the "As a Copy" isn't selected. That's about all I can think of. |
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11/27/2006 03:52:49 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by biteme:
16-bits doesn't even allow you to save as JPG.
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You're right.
Originally posted by biteme:
I save as JPG with more than one layer often, and no "copy" behind the filename.. |
On my machine it does. If I flatten the image it doesn't append the "copy" to it.
Message edited by author 2006-11-27 15:53:09.
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11/27/2006 03:53:14 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
If you type in the filename you want to use before you select JPG as the type, it won't insert the [copy] portion. |
That's the problem, I want to keep the filename/basename, I just want a different extension.
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Are you in 16-bit mode? |
No.
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Do you have more than one layer? |
Almost always.
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11/27/2006 03:55:35 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by zanfar:
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Do you have more than one layer? |
Almost always. |
If you flatten before the Save As Command it should take away that "copy". Then just undo it after the Save.
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11/27/2006 05:11:35 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
If you flatten before the Save As Command it should take away that "copy". Then just undo it after the Save. |
Awesome! That's exactly what I was looking for. I'd still like a "Don't add save text to filename" checkbox in PS's preferences, but it'll work.
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11/27/2006 06:37:12 PM · #11 |
Leroy, as usual, is correct. Here's the reason it works that way, and it's not a matter of checking a preference:
JPG does NOT support layers. When you work on ANY file, the copy you are working on is in Photoshop's native format as you work on it. Even if you start with a TIFF or a JPG file, what's actually on the screen being worked on is in "photoshop language" while you work on it. When you try to save a layered file as a JPG, that's not possible; JPG doesn't support layers.
When Photoshop allows this image to be saved as a JPG file, which you are asking it to do, it first flattens the image to a single layer. It would be really easy to make a mistake this way, and lose all your layers and overwrite the original JPG file by mistake. So Photoshop makes this impossible unless you specifically rewrite the file name yourself to remove the word "copy". If you do that, it will prompt you that you are overwriting an existing file, the original JPG, and you have to OK that before it proceeds.
Personally, I think it's a great safety feature, since I hate accidentally losing original files. And, as Leroy says, you can always flatten the image, do a direct save, and then step back in history to restore the layers if you wish, though I can't imagine why you'd want to if your original was a JPG file.
R. |
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11/27/2006 06:46:50 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Leroy, as usual, is correct. |
OK, you made me blush ... :-) Really.
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11/27/2006 07:09:17 PM · #13 |
| i just highlight the copy and delete it then hit save.. never given it much thought tbh.. |
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