Can't resave a TIF file as a jpg file

[mhahn]

<p>I started with an Olympus raw file that I opened in Adobe Camera Raw, which I then worked on in Photoshop and saved as a TIF file. Now I want to resave it as a jpg file, but the file types included in the "save as" dialogue box don't include the jpg file type (there's a much shorter list of file types, as a matter of fact).</p>

<p>Perhaps I inadvertently changed a setting or something like that in Photoshop.</p>

<p>If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

[geoffs1]

<p>I'll bet you are in 16-bit/channel mode. JPEG only handles a-bit.</p>

<p><img src="http://geoff-s.net/misc/PS_Mode.jpg" alt="" width="498" height="287" /></p>

[mhahn]

<p>You are exactly right. Thank you very much.</p>

<p>Martin</p>

[digitaldog]

<p>No longer an issue in CS6. JPEG is available for <em>Save for Web</em> and plain old <em>Save</em>, it will sample down to 8-bits per color <strong>then</strong> save for you. Another JDI (Just Do It) feature Adobe has been adding. </p>

[mhahn]

<p>Although if I had that feature, I might have been forever ignorant of this aspect of RAW conversion. I think I prefer it the way it is now.</p>

[digitaldog]

<p>What's a raw got to do with it? You may have started with raw but in Photoshop, it was a 16-bit unsaved doc (so it could be a TIFF) or it was saved as a TIFF prior. <br>

The new design is one thing less to think about and do. JPEG can't be saved in 16-bit so when asking to do so, CS6 just does one step for you prior to the save to new format. </p>