Photoshop file saving

[Katie_Belmont]

I'm having issues with Photoshop and I'm stumped. I have a PSD file that I brought home from school. I wanted to save it as a jpg so I could use it as my facebook profile picture (Dorky I know ) and It's not even giving me the jpg option in the Save As dialogue box. Thoughts?

[peeperita]

katie.....does it have more than one layer?......

peeper

[kernix]

Yeah, sounds like you need to flatten the image in the Layers menu.

[Katie_Belmont]

Usually it just saves a flattened copy when you select the jpg option.
I think it has something to do with it being taken with a D90, (RAW)
All the others that were taken with the 90 wouldn't even open but since I had already opened this one at school and saved it as a PSD I could at least get it to open.

[dakwegmo]

You can only save an image as a JPG if it's in 8 bit mode (Image --> Mode --> 8 Bits/channel), or you use the save for web option. If it's 16 bit, which many RAW and Tiff images are, then it won't give you the jpg option.

[Katie_Belmont]

hmm now to figure out how to change it.

[dakwegmo]

See my above post.

Originally Posted by dakwegmo

(Image --> Mode --> 8 Bits/channel).

What this means is, in Photoshop, go to the Image menu. Then go down to Mode and select 8 Bits/channel, or you use the 'save for web option' in the file menu.