File saving problem

[Wim_Woittiez]

Hi all,

I'm using Photoshop CS, for photographic work, and I have the following problem: I have a photo, then some adjustment or other layers. When I save as a psd, Photoshop always generates a full-resolution composite and saves that along with it, doubling my file size from 58 to a hundred and something Megs. I thought turning off the "Maximize compatibility" option was supposed to disable that, but it doesn't.

Could anyone shed some light. It would be nice to have reasonable file sizes to work with!

Thanks,

Wim

 

[Welles]

Hi Wim_Woittiez,

As you know, turning Maximize Compatibility to Never is supposed to eliminate the composite but it doesn't seem to on some machines. I remember reading this response from a thread about the issue on the Adobe Forums.

There is a bug with the Max Compatibility Never setting, at least on some machines (mine for sure). I've found two workarounds. One is to leave it at Never and then resave the file over itself. The other is to turn Max Compatibility to Ask and then uncheck the tick box. You should see the file size cut in half and the 'generating full res composite' message should not appear in the status bar.

Maybe that will help.

 

[Erik]

I use PS7, and I switched this off, but if used outside PS, I lost so many things (like preview, and PS itself irritating me with that silly popup) that I am tempted to switch it back on. At this moment I always save a medium quality jpg with the PS file to know which is which. (I don't use PS' browser, but Irfanview)

 

[Wim_Woittiez]

Thanks Welles. I tried the workaround but neither seems to be any better... I'll have a look at the adobe forums myself.

Cheers,

Wim