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| 147026 | 2003-05-24 05:09:00 | Can anyone out there help. I seem to have endless problems trying to save psd files to jpg. When they are emailed they appear as a box with a red x in it, resulting in the receiver not being able to open. Running Windows 98SE and photoshop 5.5. These files open correctly locally before sending. Any ideas how I can get round this, or what am I doing wrong. Cheers. HH |
Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 147027 | 2003-05-24 05:21:00 | When you have created the image go File > Save As > Give it a file name and in the other box, scroll up or down and select jpg. If the file is already in a different format such as PSD, then go through the above but save (as a jpg from the menu) it with a different file name so as not to overwrite the psd file. Is that what you need.? Almost anyone can read a jpg file but not all can read other formats without supporting software |
Gordon. (2217) | ||
| 147028 | 2003-05-24 05:58:00 | Thanks gordon, this is exactly what I am doing. First I flatten the psd image, then save as xxx.jpg and close. When attaching to emails and sending the receiver just gets a box with a red x in it and it cant be opened. The jpg file can be opened locally where it was created, just not anywhere else. | Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 147029 | 2003-05-24 06:15:00 | You might find going to (if memory serves me correctly) File --> Save for Web or something similar, as I'm sure you are aware that you can save anything with any file extension. Any normal txt file could be saved as textfile.txt .jpg .bat .exe .psd etc etc but not be in the correct format. I think what you may be doing is having it save as a PSD with a .jpg extension. If just so happens that your JPG's open in a program that supports PSD files. Or alternatively File --> Save As and select the Save As File Type and choose the appropriate format. |
whiskeytangofoxtrot (438) | ||
| 147030 | 2003-05-24 06:19:00 | Try the suggestions in this thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) and see if anything helps. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 147031 | 2003-05-24 06:42:00 | (a) When you say the files open correctly locally, do you mean that they open with all pic editing programs (Paint, Irfanview) etc. or just with Photoshop? (b) If they open with all such programs then the following needs to be modified. (c) When you try "save as" does the dialog box give you a list of possible formats to save under or just *.pdf, *.psd, *.pdd or other dedicated Photoshop format? If this is the case, it doesn't matter what extension you give to the file - you will still have the problem you describe. (d) I think that it is not enough to just flatten the image (at least in 5.5)and you should try going to layer --> new layer and then doing the save as jpg, bmp tif, or whatever format you select from the dialog box. |
rugila (214) | ||
| 147032 | 2003-05-24 23:49:00 | Hi - thanks for the response. Tried all this to no avail. I didnt used to have any problems, they used to save fine, when choosing jpg format from the file type list. Tried the web save option too but this didnt make any difference either. Also made the file very small as I thought it may have been too big or something but at 50k I dont think this should be a problem. I guess I will just have to live with it. Thanks again | Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 147033 | 2003-05-24 23:53:00 | Thanks for the reply. It does open correctly, but as you say only in the application it was created in, i.e. photoshop. If I do - insert picture from file in MS Word I still get the dreaded box with the red x. I am saving as file type jpg from P/Shop and it just doesnt seem to be saving it correctly. It is as if it is still a P/Shop file and not converted properly. Although I have also tried to save it in Corel photopaint with the same results - Very puzzling! Anyway thanks once again. | Happy Harry (321) | ||
| 147034 | 2003-05-25 00:07:00 | Harry, try downloading IrfanView (http://www.irfanview.com/) and try converting (saving as) your Photoshop pictures to .jpg in that program instead. IrfanView is free. | Susan B (19) | ||
| 147035 | 2003-05-25 00:46:00 | Harry. There's no need to live with it. I think your problem can be fairly easily sorted out. Can you try the following? (a) Open Photoshop 5.5. Go to the Menu --> File -->New. Any reasonable height, width, resolution, mode, contents should do. (b) Right click on the white lettered New Zealand P C World at the top of this Forum's page. Paste it into to the new Photoshop file. (c) Try Save As. You should find you will have only the option of saving it in *.PSD,*.PDD. These are only useful for doing further Photoshop work on, but not for other programs such as Irfan of email etc. (d) If then you flatten the image (menu -->layer-->flatten image, you can then Save As in a variety of formats, including those suitable for sending by email or otherwise over the web. (e) Does all of the above work OK for you? (f) If not, exactly where does it deviate? (g) Sometimes in Photoshop 5.5, depending on how you have obtained your image in the first place, you need to do something else such as going the opposite way to flattening the layer and getting a new layer (Shift+ctrl+N) (h) Whatever way, I don't see it as a difficult problem to sort out. |
rugila (214) | ||
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