nihal33 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 I have been working in Photoshop CS on my Powerbook G4 - with no problems. As of yesterday I can't save edits to any JPEG files, but can to TIFF's. I've checked preferences, file handling, ran a repair on disc permissions, checked problem with files from different drives and previously worked on JPEGS - still no luck. Any ideas on why this is happening? Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_unsworth1 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 The file is probably 16 bits per channel, change it to 8 (File>Mode) and you'll be able to save it as a Jpeg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_dunn2 Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 <p>That's by far the most common solution to all the previous times this question has been posted. #2 is that you've been working in layers and you haven't flattened the file.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nihal33 Posted July 5, 2006 Author Share Posted July 5, 2006 Thanks for the suggestions... my JPEG's are in 8/bit and am not working in layers. These were some of the first things I checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_lazzarini Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Patricia,<p> #1 First of all, did you add any software whatsoever to your G4, possibly any of Apple's or Adobe's software upgrades?<p> #2 Have you tried getting rid of PSCS's prefs file?<p> #3 Have you tried using <b>Save As...</b><p> Do you know that each and every time you save/resave a jpeg file that you are degrading the image file?<p> <b>JPEG</b> is a lossy compression algorithm.<br> Which means that each and every time it's used <i>(in saving/resaving a file),</i><br> it removes information/data/pixels from the image file.<p> You might save your files in TIFF format, and use the LWZ option, a lossly compression algorithm, to reduce the size of the image file.<p> LWZ is what Stuffit uses to compress file size.<p> When saving files, not saving them with an icon or preview will also keep the file size small.<b> This can be set in <b>File Saving Options</b> in PSCS's preferences.<p> Cheers!<p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_lazzarini Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 getting rid of bold</b> DUH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen_lutz Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 Make sure your color space is RGB. As I recall, in PS CS if you are editting in some color spaces you can't save as JPG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nihal33 Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 Trashing PS CS prefences did the trick... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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