Hi there, this is Unmesh and welcome to the biggest debate of the decade and that is Save
As vs Export As in Photoshop.
You know, it's not really a question of which one is the better one.
It's actually a question of which one to use when.
Today we're going to be looking at 10 different parameters, and how these options stand on
those parameters to help you better understand the differences.
So without any further ado, let's get started.
Back in the magical world of Photoshop, and let's jump in.
Let's dive into the very first parameter.
That is difference in file formats.
So if you go ahead and go to File, and inside of that, if you go to Export and Export As,
you have just these options.
Have a look at these file formats.
You have JPEG, PNG, GIF and SVG.
However, if you go to File - Save As, you have a lot of options right there.
So there you go.
That's the difference in the file formats and the options that you have right in there.
So these are the options that you have in Save As, and these are the options that you
have in Export As.
Now, do keep in mind, the major take away here is that when you're using Export As,
there is no option to save the document in such a way that you can get back to the layers,
that you can get back to the shapes and the filters that you have added, just the way
it is.
There is no option.
However, if you choose Save As, there are options to do that.
For example, the PSD format, right, Photoshop document, you have the PSB format, you have
the TIFF format.
You get the point.
So, what I personally do is that when I have to save a document in a way that I can work
on it later, I would use Save As.
If I have to publish, if I have to just bake in the JPEG, if I have to just bake in the
PNG, then I will use Export As.
Let's move on to the next one.
The next one is exporting at different sizes, all at once.
And this feature is only available in Export As.
Let's take a look.
So let's say we go to File, and Save As.
There is no option to be able to save as different sizes.
However, let's go ahead and hit Cancel right there.
If you go to File - Export, and Export As, you can also use the shortcut.
Have a look, this is the shortcut.
I cannot remember it.
You have the option on the left hand side which is Scaling.
You can have the original resolution, which is 1x.
In addition to that, you can have more.
If you click on the '+', and then if you choose, maybe I want 50% of that, 0.5 as well.
If you want to add one more, maybe I want to add a smaller size of that, 0.1 times.
Maybe I want to add more.
Maybe you want to enlarge it.
I don't see why you would do that, but maybe some of you might have an use for it.
So enlarge it by 1.5 times, and all of these sizes will be saved.
If I go ahead and hit Export, I have created a folder called Sample.
Let's go ahead and save it right there.
Select Folder and it's exporting all of these sizes.
Let's go ahead and open that folder and see what it has saved.
Have a look at the Sample folder and as you can clearly see, this is the original one,
this is the 0.1 times, this is the 0.5 times.
You see every size right there.
If you right click on the Properties of the original one, and let's go ahead and find
out the Properties, you will see that if you go to the Details, have a look at the dimensions
- 3840 x 2160.
All right.
If you look at 0.1 times dimensions, right click on it, and then choose Properties, and
then if you go ahead and look at the Details.. see, just 0.1 times of that, 384 x 216.
So, just a quick reminder, when you're using Export As, it gives you the option to save
at different sizes, all at the same time
The next one is Export As also gives you the option to save multiple layers or artboards.
So I can show that to you.
So right here, we have a lot of layers.
We have the Subject Before, we have the Color Grading layer, we have the Arrow layer, right.
So, if I just go ahead and select the Arrow layer, which is this Arrow.
By the way, this is the first slide of my presentation at Adobe Max last year.
So, if we just go ahead and choose the Arrow, and then we have the Text layer, let's choose
both of these.
Arrow, hold the Ctrl or Command, select the Text, and both of these layers are now selected.
If you right click on it and then choose Export As, it's the same setting right in there.
Have a look, you would see right down in here, both of them are in here, and you can save
them all at one time.
And in all of these sizes, as well.
I don't want all of these sizes.
I just want 1x, the original one.
All right.
And we want to keep the transparency.
Since JPEG does not support transparency, we can change the format to be PNG.
And you will see, have a look, it's now transparent.
And you can export it by simply clicking on Export.
Let's cancel it.
Now, this also works if you're working with different outputs.
So, let's go ahead and go to File - New.
And this time, we're going to choose Art & Illustration, and maybe we're going to choose a 2000 pixel
grid.
We want to create artboards.
So let's check it.
Click on Create.
We have one artboard.
Let's draw one more.
So with the help of the artboard to write in there, inside of the Move tool group, let's
draw one more artboard right in there.
Two artboards.
Let's choose the first artboard and inside of that, let's take the Brush and just draw
1.
All right, this is the first one, and with the second artboard, if we select that, and
we can create a new layer inside of it, put it inside artboard two, and there, we can
draw 2.
So, this is the second one.
Now if you go to File - Export - Export As, you will see that both of these artboards
are going to show up.
Artboard 1, artboard 2.
And you can save both of them at the same time, and also, that too with different sizes
if you want to.
Now, let's come down to number 4, which is Resizing Options, and as you've guessed already,
Save As does not have resizing options and this is one of the most useful features in
Export As.
Let's take a look.
Let's go to File - Save As, have a look.
There is no resizing option.
However, if you go to File - Export - Export As, you will see.. even if I'm not creating
all of these sizes, let's go ahead and delete all of these.. there is this Image Size option
during Export.
So I can change the width, the height.
I can maybe save it as 1280 x 720.
Now, the size of it is reduced to a YouTube thumbnail size.
And then you can also change the size by using the scale right there.
So you can make it 50%.
You can make it 33%.
You see how it's working?
Also, how do you resample when it resizes?
See, when you go to Image - Image Size, and then when you just resize something, what
is the math that you're going to use when you enlarge it or make it smaller?
By default, I leave it to Bicubic Automatic.
You can try different ones and see how they affect your image by zooming in and looking
at the Preview.
Now this, my friend, is a very helpful feature.
Let's say I'm working on a very high resolution image and I want to save a YouTube thumbnail
version of that.
So we are creating a video and if you want to upload it to social media or even if you
want to to Instagram, you can directly change the image size from here instead of having
to resize it first and then export it.
You can save a lot of time by doing this right here.
All of this brings us to the fifth parameter, which is Image Preview.
It's also one of the most crucial features that only Export As has.
Let's say you want to upload your profile photo.
There are lots of forms that you fill online, right.
And many of those forms have this limit, like the photo you upload should not be larger
than, let's say, 100KB, or should not be larger than 200KB or whatever the limit is.
It also has some dimension limits and all of them.
So, you can directly dial in those numbers right there and you can make sure that you're
not losing the quality as well.
Also, there are a lot of websites where you just upload photos and they have a 5MB limit,
or they have a dimension limit and now you know how to set the dimension limit.
But, let's say you want to have the best quality and not compromise with the size, here's how
to do it.
File - Export - Export As.
So let's say I want to save this image in 4k, which is 3840 x 2160 pixels.
However, I want the file size to be under 1MB.
Right now the file size, as you can see, is 4MB.
So how do I reduce the file size?
By decreasing the quality.
Now, it is great that Export As feature gives you the option to look at the image, look
at the live preview of the image, meaning it will show you how will the image look when
you open it after exporting.
Isn't that pretty cool?
So you can slowly and gradually start decreasing the quality.
So, let's say what happens with 71% quality?
What are the quality losses here?
So, I cannot see any loss.
This is pretty good and also at the same time the file size is reduced to 1.2MB.
So, we can go even lower.
762KB and I don't see much significant quality loss right here as well.
Maybe we can try a little higher, and you get the point.
So I'm going to go for 60% and let's see what it does.
The size is also reasonable..
841.
There is max quality.
We love it and then you can just hit Export.
It will still be 4k.
Just a little bit reduction of quality, but it comes under 1MB, which is what we wanted.
Pretty cool, isn't it?
So the take away here is that Export As gives you a live preview when you keep on decreasing
the quality.
That way you don't have to go to File - Save As and start experimenting with the quality,
decreasing it a little bit, then opening the image again, seeing how it is, maybe increasing
it a little bit.
It's a whole another process.
Instead you can do it live, in real time.
Now let's move on to number six.
I know these differences sound like I'm biased towards Export As and it sounds like they
paid me a lot of money to say things about Export As, but it's not the truth.
Anyway, far from the truth.
File - Export - Export As, and the sixth parameter actually is that Export As lets you change
the canvas size.
To be honest, I never use this feature, maybe you will find a use for this.
You can change the width, you can change the height.
See, more of the canvas is going to show up.
You can also take it to the opposite direction, or choose a very low number.
Let's choose 1000 right there.
And it's probably going to crop.
You see what it's doing?
Well, this is a feature I don't use, but you might find it useful.
So there it is.
The seventh one is a simple one.
And that is the ability to save with or without Metadata.
So, let's say if we dig the Metadata of this photo, so let's go to File - File Info, there
is no Metadata at the moment.
So you can fill in the details.
You might have the camera data, the origin and all of that.
So let's go ahead and type in the Author title and we can type anything..
John Doe, hit OK.
All right.
Now, this has the Author title - John Doe in Metadata.
Now, if you go to File - Save As and save it as a JPEG, we have selected JPEG right
there, and let's save it as EX1.
Let's click on Save.
Let the quality be maximum.
Hit OK.
Now if we again go to this folder and open this image in Photoshop, the file metadata
will be there.
So in Photoshop right now, it's already open.
Let's close it.
I don't want to save it.
So, let's open that all over again, EX1, that was the file.
Let's open that up in Photoshop and once you open it, if you go to File file info, you
will see John Doe is there.
However, if you go to File - Export, and Export As, you have the ability to hide the Metadata.
So let's say you don't want to save all the Metadata that you put in right there.
So you can choose Metadata - None, or you can have the copyright and the content info
inside of that Metadata.
So let's say, we put a Copyright info.
Let's go to File - File Info, and then inside of the Copyright Status we see Copyrighted,
we select Copyrighted, and Copyright Notice, we type in PiXimperfect.
All right.
Hit OK.
Now have a look, the 'C' shows that this is copyrighted.
Now, let's go to File - Export - Export As.. if the save it right now and we choose Metadata
- None, we don't want the copyright information, and we hit Export, and we save it as EX2 - Save,
and let's go ahead and open EX2 and you will see, all of those information is gone.
And drop it inside of Photoshop, and now have a look, the copyright sign is not there.
Even if you go to File - File Info, the John Doe is gone ,there is no copyright information
and none of that.
So, you have the option to turn Metadata off and on while you're using Export As.
Moving to number eight.
The next feature, which is only available on Export As, is the ability to convert to
sRGB during Export.
So let's say you're working on an image which is in ProPhoto RGB.
Let's click on this arrow right there and choose Document Profile, we'll be able to
have a look..
ProPhoto RGB.
Now, many of the online platforms like Instagram or Facebook renders colors the best if you
save it as sRGB.
So you don't have to go to Edit and then Convert to Profile, choose sRGB and then change back
the document and do all of that mess or maybe duplicate the document for an sRGB conversion.
Don't have to do that.
If you go to File - Export - Export As, you have the option right there and then to be
able to convert to sRGB, have a look at this box right there, just check it - Convert to
sRGB, and it would be fine.
If you do not convert it and upload it to Instagram, your image might look like this.
So make sure you convert to sRGB.
Now, if your software or online platform supports ProPhoto RGB or any medium, for instance,
Photoshop supports sRGB, then you don't have to convert it.
All you have to do is to check Embed Color Profile.
It means that it's going to tell the software or the platform that this image is ProPhoto
RGB.
That's it.
I've made a complete video about it.
You can check it out right here.
Moving on to number nine, and this property is in favor of Save As.
So if you go to File, and then Save As, you have the option, if you have look, to save
it to Cloud Documents.
And this is only available if you're using the later versions of Photoshop, which is
CC 2020.
So you can easily save it in your Adobe Creative Cloud by simply clicking on Save to Cloud
Documents, and then you can choose where to save it.
And you get the point.
Moving on to property number 10, which we have touched on a little before and that is
embedding the color profile.
Both of these options have that.
So, it's an even thing right there.
So, if you go to File - Save As, you have the option to embed the color profile right
there, which is ProPhoto RGB.
And even in there, this is just telling the software which is going to open the image
that this, my friend, is sRGB or ProPhoto RGB or whatever profile you're working on.
So this is ProPhoto RGB, even if I go to File - Export - Export As, it has the same option.
It's a very similar thing that is embedding the color profile.
So there you go, my friend, those are the 10 parameters and how both of these options
which is Save As and Export As stand in each of these properties.
Well to cut a long story short, here's the simple thing that you need to remember if
you're saving as PSD, PSB, TIFF or in a way which you want to keep all the layers and
you want to be working in the document later, use Save As and for the rest of the other
things, you can use Export As.
Well, at least that's what I do.
You can find any other use for it.
That's up to you.
You're welcome to use it.
I hope this video helped you better understand the differences between Save As and Export
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And just before I go, because you stayed in till the end, I'm going to show you one tip.
Sometimes when you're using Export As, and you're resizing, some of the Layer Styles
might not render properly.
So, let's say you added a drop shadow and then you reduce the size and Export As, it
might act a little weird.
So, a tip here is that when you're using Export As, create a blank layer at the top and press
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E / Command + Option + Shift + E. This creates a Stamp Visible
Layer and then you can go to File - Export - Export As.
That way it will always render it.
Always render all the Layer Styles perfectly.
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