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17. Choose Photoshop in the Format/Save As Type menu and then click Save.
You can save a Photoshop
file in a number of different
formats, all of which
have specific capabilities, Files saved in the native
Photoshop format use
limitations, and purposes. the “.psd” extension.
While you are still working
on a file, it’s best to keep it
as a native Photoshop (PSD)
file. When you choose a
different format, the correct
extension is automatically
added to the file name.

18. Continue to the next
exercise.

Understanding File Saving Preferences

You can control a number of options related to saving in the File Handling pane of the Preferences dialog box.

Save in Background . The Save process occurs by default in
the background; in other words, you can continue working
even while a file is being
saved. This can be a When a file is being saved in the
significant time saver background, the completed percent-
age appears in the document tab.
because you don’t have
Image Previews . You can use this menu to always or never to sit and wait the
include image thumbnails in the saved file. If you choose Ask several minutes it might
When Saving in this menu, the Save As dialog box includes an take to save a very large file.
option to include the preview/thumbnail.
Automatically Save Recovery Information Every . . .
On Macintosh, you have an additional option to include a When checked, this option means that your work is saved in
thumbnail in the saved file; if checked, the image thumbnail a temporary file, every 10 minutes, by default. If something
appears in dialog boxes instead of the Photoshop file icon. If happens — such as a power outage — you will be able to
you choose Ask When Saving in this preference menu, the restore your work back to the last auto-saved version. In other
Save As dialog box will include a Thumbnail checkbox in the words, the most you will lose is 10 minutes of work!
lower half; you can then use that checkbox to include a
thumbnail in individual files.
Enable legacy “Save As” . If you check this option, the
File Extension . File extensions are always added to saved Save As and Save a Copy dialog boxes revert to behavior
files, even if you delete it from the Save As/File Name field. from older versions of the software, including an “As a copy”
This preference menu has only two options: Use Upper Case checkbox option in either dialog box.
and Use Lower Case.
Do not append “copy” to filename when saving a copy .
Save As to Original Folder . When this option is checked, Choosing File>Save a Copy allows you to save a new copy
choosing File>Save As automatically defaults to the location of a file, and the word “copy” is added to the filename by
where the original file is located. default. If you check this preference, the word “copy” is not
automatically added to the filename when you choose the
Save a Copy command.

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