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I shoot my photos in RAW (NEF.)
I am new to photoshop CS2, last week all I had to do was save as...to make the file JPEGs to take the camera shop to get printed...but now for some unknown reason the JPEG extention doesn't come up

Can anyone tell me what I have done and MORE to the point how I can FIX what I what done

Mayday mayday mayday

You need to change your image to 8 bits. You can't save 16 bit images as jpeg. Go to Image/Mode/8 bits per channel. You can set Adobe Camera Raw to either 8 or 16 as a default. You must have changed it to 16.

stubbsy Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject:

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You need to change your image to 8 bits. You can't save 16 bit images as jpeg. Go to Image/Mode/8 bits per channel. You can set Adobe Camera Raw to either 8 or 16 as a default. You must have changed it to 16.

Thanks Stubbsy

My way of learning is playing around...some times I forget that I have changed a setting and after awhile passes this happens

If I ever met you I owe you a hug

Ree,

You can save as TIF format in 16 bit and most print-shops accept that format as well... It might make for a higher quality image...

leek Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject:

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Ree,

You can save as TIF format in 16 bit and most print-shops accept that format as well... It might make for a higher quality image...

John,
I am changing over files now to get printed in the morning. I will make a few of them TIF and see how they come out. Thanks for the tip

Actually John, I know from some friends who work at various imaging print houses around Sydney that they'll charge extra to convert from a 16-bit file to an 8-bit.

It's ridiculous I know but as a suggestion, I'd convert all your images to 8-bit just in case.

leek wrote:Ree,

You can save as TIF format in 16 bit and most print-shops accept that format as well... It might make for a higher quality image...

Good advice, Leek, except that sometimes the 16bit TIFF files are just too big for the shops to handle (if they aren't pro labs).

Cheers

Michael