Quick Tip for you on how to save a JPEG from Photoshop
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I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.
hello Matt,
For unknown reasons i didn’t notice these menus 🙂
i am using the export>save for web
what is the difference ?
reasons why i sometimes use photoshop instead of lightroom is to add a frame (change canvas sie, add stroke and drop shadow) and a watermark after it.
best regards
marc
Hi Marc. One is old the other is new with more features. Other than that, a JPG is a JPG no matter how or where you save it from.
Thank you. I always just did a Save As. This should save a little time 🙂
Hi Matt
another great tip…………(as always)
Question
is there somewhere in preferences that we can list the maximum pixel on the longest side
Thanks Gary. There is no setting for that.
Another great tip Matt. Thank you. I am curious about why use export in terms of the advantage over “save as?” I admit I am a bit confused over the jpeg compression options “save as” presents me but it seems pretty similar.
Still I prefer Save for Web (Legacy) as it shows comparisons of the compressed JPEG and the size of the exported file which is good to have it below 500kb for most social media sites
Social media sites will still compress your photo regardless. But if it works for you, go for it. PS always has several ways to do the same thing.
Great Shortcut! Didn’t know this after many years of using PS
Love your show and all the information: I”m missing something…As a bird photographer, why would I store any unprocessed image in anything other than the “biggest – bad-est” raw file known to man….process from raw to jpeg. Yes eventually I run out of space or money to buy space…..but all that does is forces me to clean my out of date image inventory ….THX..Keep up the GREAT WORK!
Hi Andy. Thanks! This wasn’t about storing files. This was about sharing them. Nobody else (besides you) can do anything with the “biggest baddest raw file”. So if you want to share online, social Media, have printed somewhere else, or on a web portfolio, or just email to some one, you’ll need to save it as a JPG so other people can see it too. No need to store them or save them. Just delete it when you’ve shared. Thx!
Hi Matt – Happy Holidays. I once saw directions on how to save a jpeg space holder in LR for a .psb from PS (which LR will not hold and display.) I could never make it work. On a future episode would you review how to do this please?
Thanks very much – that’s something that I didn’t know existed! I tend to open a RAW file in Lightroom, then finish the file in Photoshop. However, while the RAW file is still in Lightroom, I use “Save as” to keep a Work version and a Web version of the picture. I suppose I could use your tutorial here so that I don’t have to go back to Lightroom and do a “Synchronize Folder” step.
I definitely enjoy your site and tips – you do a great job – thanks!
Hi Matt,
Thanks for yet another great shortcut, which I can definitely use!
Hi Matt and Happy Holidays. Can you make a video on edting birds? I also have Hawks and Ospreys perching around my house and I will love to learn how to properly edit them. Thanks
Tony
Coolness! Good tip, as always, Matt, thanks so much!
Thank you Matt. I have been using the export for web and selecting “jpeg” or “png”. Your tip is faster.
Thanks Matt, I knew there was a better way but never take the time to figure it out when I need to export a file…
I never cease to be amazed by what PS can do. Thanks very much for this.