Does anyone know if there's a way to make Photoshop go to a default folder when using "save as"? I'm constantly having to navigate to the folder I want all the way from the C Drive root.
Here's one configuration item that sets whether Photoshop remembers where you opened a file, or separates the remembered folder from which a file was opened from the remembered default for saving. That configuration item is in the Edit - Preferences - File Handling dialog and is called [ ] Save As to Original Folder.
I make a copy of the pictures I want to edit and put them in the same folder so I just have to use save instead to save as. It write over the copy so you dont have to choose the path
Mine tries to save to the folder where the original file is located. When I start working on the photos from a shoot, I make a subfolder called Edits, then when I do a Save-as, it opens the original folder and I just double-click the Edits folder and save.
John Jebbia wrote: Does anyone know if there's a way to make Photoshop go to a default folder when using "save as"? I'm constantly having to navigate to the folder I want all the way from the C Drive root.
Annoying isn't it - but think yourself lucky; mine regularly tries to save my files to the refrigerator and microwave oven in the kitchen.
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DavidCoward Photography wrote: Mine tries to save to the folder where the original file is located. When I start working on the photos from a shoot, I make a subfolder called Edits, then when I do a Save-as, it opens the original folder and I just double-click the Edits folder and save.
Doesn't windows have a way to bookmark locations in the file browser yet? If not that's really pathetic, not to start a flame war I use an older version of Win at work and it's a massive pain dealing with the file browser, especially over a network.
JJMiller wrote: Doesn't windows have a way to bookmark locations in the file browser yet? If not that's really pathetic, not to start a flame war I use an older version of Win at work and it's a massive pain dealing with the file browser, especially over a network.
Network problems, when it comes to file saving has always been an issue with Windows. And I am not bashing Windows either. I own alot of Windows based machines, along with Mac's and Linux machines. Each have their own pluses and minuses.
If you map network drives in Windows, it does make things easier.
What I do is find the file folder in the "save as" menu path, then right-click and select "save to favorites". Then the folder appears on the left side each time you "save as". This saves me lots of time.
I use an older version of Win at work and it's a massive pain dealing with the file browser, especially over a network.
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