Saving Your Work


Saving your work is oh-so important. After all, to say that it’s frustrating to lose several hours of work because of a program or computer crash is a bit of an understatement, don’t you think? So become a member of the frequent savers club.

Saving a new image

Saving a new image is a little bit different than saving an existing image because you need to tell Photoshop where to store the image on your computer, what file format to save the file in, Follow these steps:

  1. Choose FileSave.

    The Save As dialog box opens as shown in Figure 3-11.

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    Figure 3-11 (Windows): Use the Save As dialog box to select a file location and give the image a name.

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    Figure 3-11 (Mac): The Save As dialog box lets you select image file format and where the image will be stored.

  2. Select the folder where your image will be stored.

    Windows users: Use the Save in drop-down list to locate the folder where you want to store the image.

    Mac users: Use the browser pane to select a folder where you want to store the image, or click New Folder to create a new folder within the currently selected folder.

  3. Enter a name for the image file.

    If you’re a Windows user, type a name in the File Name text box. If you’re a Mac user, type a name in the Save As text box.

  4. Select a file format.

    Choose a file format from the Format drop-down list.

    Remember

    Only native Photoshop, TIF, and Photoshop PDF formats can save files that contain multiple layers and editable type. (For more about file types, see “What you need to know about file types.”)

  5. Check any options you need in the Save area.

    If your image has layers and you want to preserve them, put a check in the Layers check box. Likewise for alpha channels, annotations, and spot colors. (For more information about layers, see Chapter 8; for a discussion of alpha channels and spot colors, turn to Chapter 5; to find out about notes and voice annotations, see “Adding Notes to Your Image,” later in this chapter.)

  6. Click Save.

    Your file is saved on your computer and you’re done.

Saving an existing image

Saving an existing image is really easy because you’ve already done the work of naming the file, choosing its file type, and all the other options described in “Saving a new image.”

To save an existing image, press Ctrl+S (z+S on a Mac).

Saving an image in another file format

If you’re finished working on an image and need to save it in another file format, you can do this using the Save As dialog box (refer to Figure 3-11). Or if you would like to save a new version of an image (with the same file format as the original), you can use these directions to do that, too.

To save an image in another file format or to save a new version of an existing image:

  1. Choose FileSave As or Ctrl+Shift+S (z+Shift+S on a Mac).

    The Save as dialog box opens.

    In this dialog box, you can change the name of the file and select a different file format.

  2. Select the folder where your image will be stored.

    Windows users: Use the Save in drop-down list to locate the folder where you want to store the image.

    Mac users: Use the browser pane to select a folder where you want to store the image, or click New Folder to create a new folder within the currently selected folder.

  3. Enter a new name for the file or edit the existing name.

    Type the new filename in the File Name text box if you’re working in Windows or the Save as text box if you’re using a Mac.

  4. Change the file format, if you wish.

    Use the Format drop-down list box to select a new file format if you want to change it. Photoshop lets you choose only from formats that can handle the current image’s color mode (Chapter 5 talks about color modes).

  5. Check any options you need in the Save Options area.

    If your image has layers and you want to preserve them, put a check in the Layers check box. Likewise for alpha channels, annotations, and spot colors.

    Warning

    If the new file format doesn’t support layers, the Layers check box in the Save Options area is grayed out. If you save the image with that file format, the layers in the image will be flattened. When layers are flattened, it’s permanent.

  6. Click Save.

    Your image is saved in the file format you selected and is ready for use. Remember that this image is a copy of the original image. Your original image still exists with its old file format.

Creating a back-up copy

If you want to create a back-up copy of an image, follow the directions in “Saving an image in another file format” above, but in Step 5, in addition to the other Save Options, put a check mark in the As a Copy check box. Photoshop dutifully saves a back-up copy of the image in the selected folder without opening the back-up copy.

Reverting to the last-saved version

If you decide you don’t like changes you have made to an image, you can use the Revert command. The Revert command restores a document to its last saved version. To revert to the last saved version of an image, choose File→ Revert or press F12 on the keyboard.




Photoshop CS For Dummies
Photoshop CS For Dummies
ISBN: 0764543563
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 221

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