Why can’t I save my photoshop file as a jpeg?

Any time a format isn’t available in the Save As dialog, it means that format is invalid for the document in the state it’s in. There’s no such thing (as Lese and cwedge point out), as a 32-bit (or 16-bit) jpeg, nor a duotone, Lab or 1-bit bitmap jpeg.

So thats why Photoshop prompted you to ensure that is what you intended on doing. I believe the problem happened because you are using a camera that has a high-quality specialized format, which Photoshop has limited abilities to modify. You can avoid this by changing your cameras Save File Format to a basic file format, such as ., and jpeg, etc.

What happens here is that Photoshop saves out a jpeg copy, because the jpeg spec doesn’t support layers or 16 bit depth. Note that this is a branched-off copy, a separate file.

Another thing we wanted the answer to was: what happened to save as JPEG in Photoshop?

In addition to Save and Save As you have the new option Save a Copy . Inside of Save a Copy in the dropdown menu, you will see all the File Types that you where used to see. What happened if i still can’t see JPEG or PNG in Photoshop? In my case, the solution was to change to the RGB color mode:.

If it does not save than your file format file which came embedded in your version of Photoshop is currupted, or missing- So download a replacement online.

How do I convert a PSD file to JPEG?

Save your project as psd, open a new project panel with the setting of rgb colour,8bit and transparent background, then drag and drop your old psd project file. Thats all now you can save the file as any format like jpeg .

Can I save a copy as a PNG in Photoshop?

Letting you save your work in all kind of different file types, the new function is limited. To solve the Problem, Adobe added a new save feature called “Save a Copy” to the traditional “Save” and “Save As” commands. I tried to save a Copy as a PNG file, but Photoshop did not show me any PNG selection.