Save Document as JPEG, PDS, PDF, TIF and PNG in Photoshop CS6 for Windows
Edited by Freya, Alexander Avdeev, Eng
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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show you how you can save a document as one of five most popular formats in Photoshop CS6 for Windows.
Steps
- 1To learn how to do that, we can refer to another VisiHow video on opening a new document.To begin, we should have our document opened.
- 2We should move our cursor to "Save" to overwrite the file or "Save As...", which is a safer choice.Then, we click "File" in the top left-hand corner to bring up a menu.
- 3Photoshop will ask us where we want to save the file. We may prefer saving in various folders. In this video, we can pick "Libraries", "My Documents", or "Desktop".We click "Save As..." once.
- 4This will be reflected in the "File name:" box.We can type the name of the file.
- 5The default setting is "Photoshop (*.PSD; *.PDD)". This is a really good format when we are saving in Photoshop because when we have different layers, they will be saved within the document. The layers may be reflected at the right-hand side of the Photoshop window. We'll just open the file and see where we were before. PSD does not compress everything into one flat image.Move the mouse over to "Format:" underneath our entered name.
- 6It is recommended not to edit any of the option in the "Save As..." menu unless we work with something very specific. The file will be saved.We select a Photoshop file (PSD) and click "Save".
- 7Alternatively, we click "Cancel" to come back and not save our document.
- 8We'll select JPEG now.We click "File" and "Save As..." again.
- 9The list is in the alphabetical order.We click the "Format" drop-down menu.
- 10We'll be shown other JPEG files as well, and "JPG" will be put at the end of the file name. JPEG flattens the image and compresses the file. We should only save as JPEG when we have finished editing the image. We have to ensure that we have the Photoshop files as well as a backup if we need to change anything, maybe the text layers, images, and so on.We click "JPEG (*.JPG; *.JPEG; *.JPE)".
- 11Changing the details is not recommended.We click "Save" to save as JPEG.
- 12We can keep the slider at "large file" just to ensure that we have the maximum quality. The default setting might be on "Medium". Depending on our preferences, we just move the scroller either by clicking or dragging.We'll be able to change the image quality.
- 13The quality indicator ("Low", "Medium", "High", or "Maximum") will reflect the selection.We can also type the number in the "Quality" field at the left-hand side.
- 14Naturally, if we choose "Low", the quality will change to the lowest setting. For uploading purposes, we might need "Medium" or "High" rather than "Maximum". It just depends on our preferences.We can also select the quality preset.
- 15It is recommended to leave the "Format Options" at the default setting unless we have a very specific setting that we are after.
- 16We click "OK" to finally save our JPEG.
- 17We click "File" and "Save As..." again.
- 18The "Save As" window will just show the PDF files now. The "pdf" extension will be put after the name of our document.We click the "Format" drop-down menu and click "Photoshop PDF (*.PDF;*.PDP)".
- 19The PDF format is very good, because we can use it in Adobe Reader. This is a book format. It is compatible with presentations. Clicking "Save" will save the file as PDF. It will take a few seconds.We can go through as normal and click "Save".
- 20We'll have another pop-up window where we can edit specific things about our PDF document.We click "OK".
- 21The automatic selection is "High Quality Print". It is recommended to leave the default options.We can choose quality from the "Adobe PDF Preset" drop-down menu.
- 22We can select specific PDF types. We can keep the default setting, "None".We can click the "Standard" drop-down menu.
- 23We can leave the default setting. The up-to-date version will be selected.We can click "Compatibility".
- 24If we are just starting to work with Photoshop, it is perfectly fine to leave the default options anyway.We can click through "General", "Compression", "Output", "Security", and "Summary".
- 25They'll be used next time we save as PDF. We won't need to change the settings each time.We can click "Save Preset..." to save the settings saved.
- 26There will be a tab showing us how much of the file has been saved.Alternatively, when we are satisfied with our selections, we click "Save PDF" and "Yes".
- 27We click "File" and "Save As..." again.
- 28It's the same thing for choosing any format we are after.We click the "Format" drop-down menu.
- 29It's the same thing as JPEG. PNG images might be lossless. The "png" will be put at the end of the file name.Let's click "PNG (*.PNG;*.PNS).
- 30We click "Save".
- 31We might want to leave everything at the default settings at this point.We can select compression and the presence of the interlaced rendering.
- 32We'll see the tab with the percentage of how much of the file has been saved.We click "OK".
- 33We click "File" and "Save As..." again.
- 34We click the "Format" drop-down menu.
- 35TIFF is very similar to JPEG. Both can compress the image, but TIFF can generally make a higher quality image that is compressed, whereas JPEG ruins the quality, depending on with what we are working. "tif" will be put as extension of the file name. It is recommended to leave it as it is.Let's click "TIFF (*.TIF;*.TIFF)".
- 36We click "Save".
- 37We can leave it on "NONE" or select "JPEG" if we prefer. We'll get a pop-up warning about compatibility with JPEG.We can click through "Image Compression" options.
- 38One of the "Image Compression" choices will give us the quality choice as well. Generally, "NONE" is perfectly fine.Let's click "No" and leave the selection at "NONE".
- 39It is recommended leaving them as they are.The options below "Image Compression" are very advanced.
- 40The TIF document will be saved.We click "OK" when we are satisfied with selections.
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Video: Save Document as JPEG, PDS, PDF, TIF and PNG in Photoshop CS6 for Windows
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