Saving in Photoshop?

BarryH · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:46 am Post subject: Saving in Photoshop?

Is it possible to save work that you can come back to later and re-edit?

The last thing I do before saving work is to add a watermark to my photographs. I sometimes come back to the shot thinking I can still improve on the image but any changes I make also affect the watermark as well.

I just wondered if somehow I could save the work so that I can make changes at a later date that will not affect the watermark.

ScArY_ · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject:

If i understood correctly. Of course it is mate. If you want to save it, the project file is saved as a .psd file and you can open it and edit it whenever you want.

BarryH · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:42 pm Post subject:

Hi Scary,

Thanks for the reply but I'm a little lost. I shoot in RAW then convert to JPEG.

I'm not sure where the project file comes in or where it is stored. Any help would be most welcome.

Cheers
Barry

hawkeye · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:08 pm Post subject:

If you're making changes in the raw file, and then converting to jpeg, you'll still have the original raw files.

When you work on a jpeg, tiff, etc. image in PS, do not flatten it, and save it as a psd file. That will retain all the layers, masks, etc. If you want you can also save a copy as a jpeg.

BarryH · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:33 am Post subject:

Thanks for all the help, I understand now.

One problem though, when I look at thumbnails of my shots, all I see on the .PSD files is the blue PS Logo. Where the JPEGS and RAW show a copy of the photo.

Is this right?

hawkeye · Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:42 am Post subject:

That's right.

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