photoshop

[peanut]

How in the heck do you save a picture from photoshop to your computer without it having to be opened with the photoshop program ? I have saved the picture to my pictures folder but it has to be opened with the photoshop program.

[peanut]

Oh by the way, i tried to right click and select open with, but photoshop is the only one that works.

[gary baldy]

Try saving it is a tiff.

[gen2]

You have saved your files in Photoshop's native format. That is the only one that preserves all the layers and so on. I use PainShop Pro (a similar program) so cannot say for sure what your save options will be. Beneath where you enter the filename, you should have a drop-down list of choices of file types. If TIFF, JPEG etc are not offered as choices, then you may have to flatten all your image layers down to a single layer first. Try doing that and then choose Save-As again and the choices should then be offered.

Incidentsally, TIFF is a lossless format (no loss of quality or detail) and JPEG is a lossy format (some data is lost each time you save a JPEG).

[commoner]

,,,mmm...I am amazed that you have PhotoShop. a piece of software costing literally hundreds of pounds, and don't know how to save a file.....unless you mean Photoshop Elements which ships with many new PCs.........

Gen2 is right insaying that you won't be able to open PSD layered images in anything but Photoshop but Save As will still give the options to choose as a jpeg..tiff etc etc..........and will automatically flatten the image..........at least my version of PhotoShop 7 will. Elements may be different. Saving as PSD is merely to give one the option of carrying out further layered work on an image....commoner.

...Just do as gen2 says...Save As.

There actually are SOME programs which will open photoshop files...a great freeware program called Irfanview is one that springs to mind........

[peanut]

Thank you all for your help. This is not the free version of photoshop, I just got it and am slowly figuring it out. I did however, figure out how to save my image. I click on the explorer icon in the tool section and then when it opens with explorer i right click and save. Now my ? is how do you combine two pics together ? everything i try, wont let me get the sizing right.

[commoner]

PhotoShop is one heck of a piece of software with an extremely steep learning curve,.......get yourself a book on the subject...nothing too deep, just a "Dummies" type of book.....the two pics will have to be the same size and the same resolution which is probably your problem.....once combined as two different layers.....you with have to merge the layers or flatten the image. If you have a two layer image you could resize one of them to fit the other............My advice is to do some reading.........trying to figure it out yourself is not the way to go...Good Luck. ....commoner

[bazwillrun]

I'm puzzled, as pointed out already you have this extremely sophisticated and expensive software, which has excellent help and tutorial files,yet you come here for help with basic functions.

Has it occured to you to look at the help files ? if it hasnt then i dont see how buying a book will help either.

[peanut]

Bazwillrun,

you dont need to post offensive responses like that, I did look in the help files and found nothing explaining what i was looking for. My mistake though, I was under the impression that this was a website to get help for answers you cant find or dont know the answer to. Thats ok though, not everyone has to post smartass answers. I posted a more specific thread with the same basic question and Buenchico was more than happy to explain how its done.

[peanut]

My mistake, buenchico answered a different question but i still got the answer i was looking for.

[commoner]

...Peanut. Please don't let yourself be put off asking questions.........despite the occasional "odd" reply , there is a wealth of knowledge to be had here on AB........so keep trying with PS.and keep asking...........commoner. ;-)