Saving a PSD file :(

[Ted]

Hi all,

Okay, I'm getting very frustrated that I'm too STUPID to learn this! :(

I just created a "sticker" or cutout from a photo of a rose I took. I saved it as a .PSD file... and since I wasn't sure what I was doing, it was on a new 12 x 12 canvas/file/whatever you call it!

I wanted to upload it to the gallery to see what you all think.

However, the gallery limit is 150 KB, understandably.

My frustration is... what are the steps to save it so that the cutout/sticker/whatever is SMALL enough to upload?

Do I NOT want to save it as PSD? Do I want to save it as some other format, therefore making it smaller?

If I want to save it as PSD, please let me know what steps I need to do...

Any and all help is appreciated.

I just don't know why I can't understand this digital stuff. Perhaps I should just give up on the hobby altogether! Grrr! :(

(Pardon my ranting) :)

[Fortissimo]

1. Save as a .psd and keep it on your hard drive.
2. Save the same file as a .jpg.

When you are done, you will have two files. 1 .psd and 1 .jpg. The PSD is for you only. The .jpg is for the internet.

[Ted]

Stacy thanks so much for answering! :) Greatly appreciated!

So when you say "for the internet", it's to show, yes? However, if I want to email or somehow give/send it to a fellow digi scrapper to use... I would need to keep it as PSD, yes? This way, it's transparent and such?

Forgive the dumb questions.

[loofah]

You would need to save it as a PNG to share it on email. PSD will only work if the other person has photoshop or photoshop elements, whereas almost any graphics program can use PNG's and the PNGs stay transparent too.

Hope that helps - and there is no such thing as a dumb question on here :)

[Fortissimo]

You would need to save it as a PNG to share it on email. PSD will only work if the other person has photoshop or photoshop elements, whereas almost any graphics program can use PNG's and the PNGs stay transparent too.

Hope that helps - and there is no such thing as a dumb question on here :)

This is correct.. or you can save it as a .gif.

PSD's are just for you. You most likely will never have to give these to anyone. When you want to share, save as a .jpg, .png or .gif. JPG removes transparency. PNG save transparency, but can be larger in size. GIF saves transparency and can be compressed by eliminating colors.

[Ted]

Ah, okay... so it seems that saving a file as a .GIF would be best... so it preserves transparency.

How does one "eliminate colors" to compress (and thus, I guess, make the file smaller)? :)

[JohnDempsey]

Hi all,

Okay, I'm getting very frustrated that I'm too STUPID to learn this! :(

I just created a "sticker" or cutout from a photo of a rose I took. I saved it as a .PSD file... and since I wasn't sure what I was doing, it was on a new 12 x 12 canvas/file/whatever you call it!

I wanted to upload it to the gallery to see what you all think.

However, the gallery limit is 150 KB, understandably.

My frustration is... what are the steps to save it so that the cutout/sticker/whatever is SMALL enough to upload?

Do I NOT want to save it as PSD? Do I want to save it as some other format, therefore making it smaller?

If I want to save it as PSD, please let me know what steps I need to do...

Any and all help is appreciated.

I just don't know why I can't understand this digital stuff. Perhaps I should just give up on the hobby altogether! Grrr! :(

(Pardon my ranting) :)
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[Sherlylynn]

I like to save all of my files that I work on or make as PNG so I can go in and change them when I need or want to. I also use photoshop elements and love the resize section and ability to save it for web at a lower resolution.