Photoshop question

Marketcake

Marketcake

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this pisses me off so much.... WHY does photoshop default to a 'copy', then default to PSD. If i open a god damn png then make it save as a god damn png. I dont want a fucking psd saved as a COPY every file I open.

i dont know how many hours i have lost total having to go to file save as, then changing it from psd... then having it ad copy on the end of everything, then having to edit copy out and then hitting save. if im in a hurry sometimes i will forget ot change PSD to the file format so i go to upload it and see it doesnt exist.. .just the psd version that i saved on accident so i need to go back in, redo it all.. delete the word copy out again
:music07: /RANT
 


Haha. I know. How is that intuitive?

I've bitterly been using Gimp since I can't get my portable crack of Photoshop working in Ubuntu. In Gimp, the save menu opens up with the cursor in the "save" textfield. Then you just type "lol.gif" and it saves it as a gif.

In Photoshop, I'm pretty sure I have to find "gif" on the dropdown or it'll save it as a .psd named "lol.gif".
 
You got my hopes up for a second as I never thought of that and perhaps you were mistake... alas. You are correct.

/wrists
 
dchuk said:
press ctrl+shift+alt+s and it opens save for web and that will keep your last image settings.
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I have tried that but im often editing enormous layouts or logos. I have a super fast mac and still it takes like 5-10 seconds sometimes to load the save for web box
 
Time spent on saving it a la "save for the web": 5-10 seconds

Time spent bitching about it: 100 times above ^




But seriously, I would be more angry if I opened a PNG image, spend 2 hours editing it and then noticing photoshop saved it as a godamned unlayered PNG.
 
always File > Save for web & devices... that's how the pros do it. File > Save As... is so you can save your PSD/work in progress.
 
Use Fireworks for PNGs and web shit (FW has native support for pngs), as it sounds like it's so much easier. You can open all file types, edit and save over the top of the original and then choose whether or not to also save a native PNG.

But then I don't use PS and never have. I've been using FW since the dawn of time and as I don't edit photos in any capacity beyond a resize or crop, have absolutely no need for PS. :D
 
dabreadman said:
Time spent on saving it a la "save for the web": 5-10 seconds

Time spent bitching about it: 100 times above ^




But seriously, I would be more angry if I opened a PNG image, spend 2 hours editing it and then noticing photoshop saved it as a godamned unlayered PNG.
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This is what i was thinking....

At least with a .PSD you get a redo.
 
nothing sucks worse than finding out you didn't save a master .psd file when you want to add a minor change to a header .
 
dabreadman said:
Time spent on saving it a la "save for the web": 5-10 seconds

Time spent bitching about it: 100 times above ^




But seriously, I would be more angry if I opened a PNG image, spend 2 hours editing it and then noticing photoshop saved it as a godamned unlayered PNG.
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anyone that doesnt save their work right off the bat and save continuously deserves to lose it all. but yeah i see your point

I just wish save for web didnt take so long
 
Dulce said:
nothing sucks worse than finding out you didn't save a master .psd file when you want to add a minor change to a header .
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lol. QFT

I always save all the headers.. its little png icon buttons that always get me. Where I dont want 40 psd's in my client folders for something simple like a button. Then they want to capitalize a word or something 5 months later and i need to go find the exact font.

lately i have just been building the entire website on a screencap and saving that.
 
Marketcake said:
anyone that doesnt save their work right off the bat and save continuously deserves to lose it all. but yeah i see your point
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actually you don't. the point is that he loses it all even if he was to save after 5 minutes if he did some work in layers then ps was to save as unlayered png.

your preference is not supported by the vast majority of ps users as it would cause more harm than good.
 
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