Save for web marks document as modified

When you save a document for web it considers the document to have been modified and will prompt you to save when closing. This is kind of annoying behavior because the document isn't actually modified; it adds an extra step of dismissing a save dialog and also can put you in doubt as to whether you have actually made unsaved changes.
My understanding of this 'feature' is that illustrator considers you to have changed the 'export settings' for the document hence the requirement for saving, This would be fine except that it doesn't actually save your export settings, so if you don't want to use the defaults it will continuously prompt you to save the document every single time you export it for web even if you are plugging the same numbers into the export dialog.
I'd really like to see this fixed, its a small thing but it costs me a lot of time when exporting lots of documents.

I agree the confusion is annoying to get a save box even if you have not changed any export settings. When printing a document this works fine as I only get an asterisk after the filename, when I change a print setting. Since many people miss the asterisk par twill post a screenshot.
I am getting different results that you on Mac CS6 for save to web. It appears the ave for web settings are actually within the document such as compression format, number of colors, matter color. Gets quite confusing because when you create a new document it seems to use the last settings used.
You may want to look into actions if you have a folder of documents needing save for web, as that works well once set up.

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CS5 Crop marks don't work in Save For Web

I'm playing in the trial version of Illustrator 5.
I'm having trouble figuring out the crop marks. I select an object and try the various versions of creating crop marks. But when I Save For Web, it does not use the crop marks as a guide to trim the artwork down. The crop marks are visible.
In CS3, which I've used for years, I would create an object and use the crop mark tool to create the marks at the size of my object. When I would Save For Web it would save the file to the exact size of my crop marks, no matter if I had artwork in clipping masks that go outside the crops.
Why does this not work in CS5?

You do speak the truth so in CS 4 and now Cs 5 you instead of drawing a rectangle and the making it into crop marks you simply draw an artboard then when you export you select to use artboards in the export dialog and select the artboard you just made and voilá.
Now before you go crazy this is an advance you can also choose to export all the artboards a range of artboards or a non-contiguous selection of artboards this way.
the difference here is that you draw the artborad which is actually drawing a rectangle and making the crop marks as in the CS 3 all in one opertation
it is really the same feature with lots of features added to it. Including the ability to name the art boards (cropped areas) number them reorder them
manage them in the artboard panel and then the team went farther than that with pasting in place pasting an element on all the artboards at once.
It is really just the crop area feature but with lots of possibilities.
If you need t draw an artboard within another artboard hold down the shift key.

Save For Web transparency problem: Overprint & CMYK documents

OK, I had a weird problem crop up today (as far as I can tell) completely out of the blue.
When I am working in overprint preview mode in a CMYK document, and I attempt to save an artboard as a PNG w/ transparency (via Save for Web), illustrator forces a white background throughout the image. It didn't do this until this morning. Yesterday, it was working perfectly normally. I put the computer to sleep at the end of the day, woke it up this morning, and for some reason this behavior has changed.
It does not do this if the document is in RGB mode, or I have the transparency grid shown, or not in overprint preview mode. (I work in this mode because for some reason having it in standard preview shows very strange artifacts when working with raster effects, which drives me crazy)
I'm on a Mid 2014 MBP Retina, 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 w/ NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048MB, running illustrator CC 2014.1.1.
I have tried uninstalling, reinstalling, restarting the computer, resetting all settings, as well as changing document settings, and editing artboard settings. And yes, the transparency checkbox is checked in the Save For Web dialog.
Any ideas?

brnscreative,
Have you tried 4) and 6) on the list?
4) is more thorough than 3), and 6) is the full reinstallation.
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file, and when it is not caused by issues with opening a file from external media. You may have tried/done some of them already; 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
If possible/applicable, you should save current artwork first, of course.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to at least 5 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible), for CS3 - CC you may find the folder here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/preference-file-location-illustrator.html
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall (ticking the box to delete the preferences), run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

Original file turns modified after "Save for Web-"

Hi everyone!
I'm with a little question.
What happens to the edited file after saving its copy using the “Save for Web…” command? Why the original, unmodified file turns into “changed” (with * symbol after its name)?
P. S. The same behaviour is in the Illustrator.

It's because the original file did get changed, because the Save for Web settings were changed. Photoshop saves most Save for Web settings so that the next time you use Save for Web, you don't have to set all the options from scratch.
I tested this by opening a file and using Save for Web without changing any settings, and that time the original document did not ask me to save before closing.

Objects outside doc size not showing in Save for web

Hi there guys,
For no apparent reason Ai CS3 started to hide elements outside the document size when saving for web. It was working perfect this morning but then it stopped. I have tried may documents, checked for crop marks, trim marks, clipping masks but I can't figure out what's wrong. I know I can make the document size bigger but this will slow me down a bit. Does anyone know why this is happening? Why I can't see the elements outside the doc's boundaries when I save for web? Let me know if I wasn't clear enough.
Thanks a lot in advance,
Dan

You, you are my savior, Jesse!!! You, you are! Man, I was going nuts with this. I guess I must've checked it accidently. Well, new trick learned here. Thanks a million.
Dan

Crop tool doesn't work in Save for Web GRRRRRR

Hi,
I'm working with Illustrator CS3 and seem to have a problem with the crop area tool. When exporting an image in "save for web", however, Illustrator just ignores the settings and crops to the artboard.
Is this a know bug? Or my computer going nuts? What should I do?
I took this from the lost archiveâ¦ I seems that slices influence this.
Anybody any clues? (AI 13.02/ OS X 10.4.10)
thnx

Basically, I would do this as James does. However, James is assuming you know what he means by "Use two applications of Transform effect to make the 3 x 4 array." Since you or another reader may not, I offer the following recipe that I prepared some time ago for a class. It's for 8-up business cards that will fit on letter-size stock.
SETTING UP THE ELEMENTS
New document, rename Layer 1 to Cards.
Make a rectangle 3.5 X 2 inches (the size of a standard business card). Give it no stroke and a light gray fill (so you can see it as reference; you can clear the fill later).
Make a single set of crop marks for the top left corner. I made a 27-pt. square (3/8 inch) - no stroke or fill - and another at 18 pts (1/4 inch) - .25 stroke, no fill. Copy a horizontal segment from the smaller square, paste, and drag it to snap its left anchor to the bottom left anchor of the larger square. Copy a vertical segment from the small square, paste, and drag it to snap its upper anchor to the top right corner of the larger square. Delete the small square and group the segments/large square. Drag this group into the Symbols panel so you never have to make one again. The group on the page is now a Symbol; drag it by its lower right anchor to snap to the upper left corner of the business card rectangle. The two quarter-inch crop marks are offset from the card by 1/8 inch.
Select the crop symbol.
Go to Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform
Move Horizontal: 3.5 inches (the width of the card)
Move Vertical: 0
Copies: 1.
Reference Point (tic-tac-toe thing): right column
Reflect X: On
OK. The crop marks appear on the upper right corner of the card.
Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform
(Warning box: Apply New Effect)
Move Horizontal: 0
Move Vertical: -2
Copies: 1
Reference Point: lower row
Reflect Y: On
OK. Crop marks appear on all four corners of the card.
At this point you can give the card rectangle a fill and stroke of None, and save the card/crop marks combination as a symbol. Call it BC.
Delete all the unused Symbols and Save Symbol Library: "BC"
Target the Card layer (click on the circle)
Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform
Move Horizontal: 4 inches
Move Vertical: 0
Copies: 1
Reference Point: any
Reflect: Both Off
OK. A copy of the card with its crop marks appears 1/2 inch to right of original.
Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform
Move Horizontal: 0
Move Vertical: -2.5 inches
Copies: 3
Reference Point: any
Reflect: Both Off
OK. 3 new rows of cards and crops appear below the first row
You now have crop marks for 8-up business cards; the original crop symbol and card rectangle are selected.
Go to the Graphic Styles panel and make this a new graphic style; name it BC 8-Up. Delete all the unused Graphic Styles, and Save Graphic Style Library as "BC 8-UP"
USING THE ELEMENTS
New document. Drag out an instance of the BC symbol, and put it in the upper left corner of your letter-size page.
Click the BC 8-Up Graphic Style. Eight blank business cards are laid out.
New layer. Over the top left business card create or place any combination of type or art you want repeated on all the cards.
Target the layer and click the BC 8-Up Graphic Style. The artwork appears in place on all the cards. Any editing you do in the top left card is instantly reflected in the others. Also, because the style is applied to the layer, anything you put on this layer will have the style applied to it.
New layer. Over the top left business card place any type you want to be different on each card. With it selected as an object, click the BC 8-Up style - the type appears on all the cards.
Object > Expand Appearance. The type on each card is now individually editable.

Save for Web and Devices (Illustrator style?)

Ive used the slice tool to mark out the images for exporting
from my Fireworks document.
Does Fireworks have a 'Save for Web and Devices' feature like
Illustrator does? I want to have the 4-up display where you can see
the original image and file size in one section and use the others
to vary the JEPG/ GIF settings to get the best combination of file
size and image quality. I want to be able to save different
settings for each slice (as you can do in Illustrator).
I cant find this feature but it seems weird that a web image
optimization program wouldn't have it. I tired opening my file with
Illustrator and Photoshop but the slices wernt imported aswell.
Ive got CS3, is this option in CS4?
thanks

jdldn wrote:
> Ive used the slice tool to mark out the images for
exporting from my Fireworks
> document.
>
> Does Fireworks have a 'Save for Web and Devices' feature
like Illustrator
> does? I want to have the 4-up display where you can see
the original image and
> file size in one section and use the others to vary the
JEPG/ GIF settings to
> get the best combination of file size and image quality.
I want to be able to
> save different settings for each slice (as you can do in
Illustrator).
>
> I cant find this feature but it seems weird that a web
image optimization
> program wouldn't have it. I tired opening my file with
Illustrator and
> Photoshop but the slices wernt imported aswell.
>
> Ive got CS3, is this option in CS4?
> thanks
>
FW bypasses the extra step used by PS and AI. In the main FW
window,
choose 4-Up. Select the slice you want to optimize and set
your
optimization settings via the Optimize panel. Everything bu
the selected
sliced will be screened back a bit, so you focus on the
active slice. It
will change on screen as you alter the optimize settings.
If you want to optimize several slices using the same
settings,
shift+click to select them.
When you're done, choose File > Export. Make sure to set
Images Only as
your Export option and in the Slices field choose Export
Slices. If you
want all slices exported, make sure that Export Selected
Slices is NOT
checked.
If you don't want unsliced areas also exported, also make
sure Include
areas without slices is not checked.
HTH
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Error when trying to "Save for Web and Devices"

Hello All,
I have a little issue with Photoshop CS3 on the XP Pro platform. I get the error when I try and "Save for Web and Devices". This is the actual error. "the exception unknown software exception" uhh... lol
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And in fact all the PC's in our High School have this issue. And currently we have about 3 different models not including the one I listed above. Any advice is much appreciated. Cause I'm pretty stuck on this issue.
Thanks,
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Save for web and devices saves its own prefs to retain the last active settings. When it can't do that, it will fail. You may wish to grant write permissions to the Documents and Settings\App Data\Adobe\ Save for Web folder. The same applies to Device Central...
Mylenium

Script to "Optimize to file size" (automatically) in "Save for Web"?

Hello, all,
I'm a novice when it comes to scripts in Photoshop, but I'm really coming to the conclusion that this is the only way to automate the actions I need to do, whithout having to do it one-by-one.
Is it possible to write a Script to automatically choose the option (and settings) to "Optimize to file size" in the "Save for Web" dialog?
Is it also possible to save the file in the document's original folder, instead of a single specific folder, using "Save for Web"?
I have a really big number of different files (some .JPEG, some .PNG, some .TIFF) and I need to generate a single "reference.jpg" in each one of those original folders. It's quite easy to use whatever method to separate all those files in some lists and later open them in Photoshop in small subgroups of files.
I only have a restriction of size (60Kb) for those "reference.jpg" files, and I would like to save all of them, in each document original folder, with the best possible quality within that size constraint.
Here's my problem:
I can easily do that with a very simple action, but, that specific way, I have no control whatsoever over the resulting filesize of those "reference.jpg" files generated. Moreover, I also find the "save for web" command create a more "slim" file, allowing for better quality within my size constraint.

c.pfaffenbichler wrote:
"I can’t make that out in the ScriptingListener code, but maybe someone else knows better or has a Script for the task already.
I seem to remember a thread where it was discussed to save a copy, check its size and overwrite it with different settings if it was too big … that should be possible, but may run longer."
Many, many thanks for your reply, c.pfaffenbichler! I spend the whole day (and night) yesterday learning (or rather trying to learn) about javascript, OOP, and how it should be applied in Photoshop's Scripts.
I was able to modify some snippets of code I found on the web to suit my needs (temporarily):
//SaveforWebSP.jsx
//Save a fixed width image with a size constraint in its original folder
var docRef = activeDocument;
var outputFolder = docRef.path;
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var NewfileRef = new File( NamesaveRef )
// quality/size constraints
var w = 300; // new file width
var MaxSz = 61440; // max. 60Kb
var Qlt = 100; // initial quality 100
var x = 1; // decreasing step
// resize the image to the right width
docRef.resizeImage(UnitValue(w,"px"),null,100,ResampleMethod.BICUBICSHARPER);
// Perform the first SaveForWeb Operation
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// Keep trying to save the file with max. Qlt, but under MaxSz
while (NewfileRef.length > MaxSz)
      Qlt = Qlt - x;
      NewfileRef = new File( NewfileRef );
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         if (Qlt <= 50) {
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var FileSz = NewfileRef.length/1024;
FileSz = Math.round(FileSz);
// close the original file without saving
activeDocument.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
// SaveForWeb Export, with the desired constraints and parameters
function ExpWeb(FileNm, Qlt)
      var options = new ExportOptionsSaveForWeb();
      options.quality = Qlt;   // Start with highest quality (biggest file).
      options.format = SaveDocumentType.JPEG;   // Save Format for the file
      docRef.exportDocument(File(FileNm), ExportType.SAVEFORWEB, options);
This works, but it takes a long time and keep the HD disk "going crazy" during the time it is processing the images.
This is too bad, because the "Optimize to file size" dialog in the "Save for Web" would have been so much faster, efficient and much less "disk-intensive"...

Error message - image exceeds size save for web was designed for

When I try to Save to Web in Illustrator CS3, I get the following error message: "the image exceeds the size save for web was designed for". Even when I click that I want to go ahead and save it, it sends another error that reads "could not complete this operation. the rasterized image exceeded the maximum bounds for Save for Web".
Earlier in the day yesterday, I saved for web with no issue. NOw, it doesn't matter how small my design is, it is giving this error.
Please advise.

> So in CS3 Save for Web grabs the Artboard, neither the artwork nor the Crop Area/Marks area?
Creating a new document using "Basic RGB Document" and then "Save for Web & Devices" crops either to the artboard or to the artwork as selected from the "image size" tab in the save-for-web window.
If your artwork extends beyond the artboard, selecting "clip to artboard" will obviously eliminate everything outside the artboard. Unchecking it will crop the image to the artwork in the file (and thankfully not any artwork that is hidden).
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ETA:
You can choose which type of on-screen file type you want your output to be. From GIF, JPG, PNG-8, PNG-24, SWF, SVG, and WBMP. And whether or not you want transparency in those formats that support it.

Preview options in the "save for web" dialog

According to the reference, the previews in the "save for web" dialog are there only for showing how the image can be seen on various platforms with different gamma values.
But, if we open a non-sRGB image (ProPhoto for example) by the "save for web" option, the preview options (other than the "use document profile) in the "save for web" dialog assign sRGB color space to the image even when the "convert to sRGB" option is unchecked ... this causes unrealistic, dull previews for the image.
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Basically, how animation works with GIF and Save for Web in PSE is that each layer in your document is a frame of animation. So you see one layer, then the next, and so on. You should not see the contents of the last frame/layer when looking at the current/next frame of the animation.
Could you post a screen shot of your layers panel and give us a link to the GIF that is coming out of Save for Web?

"Save for Web" dialog window not working properly

Hello,
I've been dealing with a bug since Illustrator CC that is very frustrating when I try to output my slices through Save For Web. When trying to click on the slices I've defined in order to name them—the click—does not happen where my mouse pointer is. The click registers somewhere else in the artboard.
Click screen shot for animated gif:

As Zeno said, all down to the slice selection. Save for Web will recognize the last active slice for the main document and when that is the case, only that slice is active by default for saving. So either override in the dialog or un-select all slices before saving.
Mylenium

Can't change image size % in save for web

Hello,
I'm using Photoshop CC. When slicing a web mockup, and saving for web, the image percent is blocked at 58.49% and I am not able to increase it to 100%. So my original image of 1024px wide comes out at 600px
I haven't changed any settings (that I know of) and do not have this problem on any other mockup files I have. What setting do I need to adjust in order to save for web my slices at 100%?
Thanks!

I worked out what the issue was, my document height was over 8000px tall which is causing the issue, even though my slices are less than 2000px tall. When I temporarily crop the document to below 7000px, I can save out the slices at 100%. Annoying work around.
It seems a bit random.

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Hey all, running CS4 on an Apple Macbook Pro (using OS X 10.5.6). I am creating an AppleScript that saves out a number of files with different filenames using save for web. The problem is that Photoshop CS4 is truncating the filename, and using a shorter filename is not an option (there is identifying info in the filename that I need to retain). Is there a way within the script I can set it to allow longer filenames? My current save for the web script line looks as follows:
export current document in file filename as save for web with options {quality:60, web format:JPEG}
What happens is that a filename like this:
CANON-PRO8000MKII-ideal-ideal-24.jpg
gets cut down to this:
CANON-PRO8000MKII-ideal-ideal#0
I believe that there there is a PShop bug here that has a hard-coded limit on the filename, but which does not happen if you enter the file name manually: if I go into the save for web dialog and enter the full filename, it works fine. Any ideas?

I recall having this problem too, my solution was to truncate the file name in the script prior to the save, then rename the saved file.
e.g.
if length of theNewFileName > 31 then
set theTempFileName to theNewFileName
set theNewFileName to (text 1 through (31 - (length of theFileExtension) - 1) of theNewFileName & "." & theFileExtension) as string
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set theNewFile to (saveToFolder & theNewFileName) as string
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if theTempFileName = "" then
-- File name wasn't truncated
else
-- Rename truncated file
tell application "Finder"
try
set name of (theNewFile as alias) to theTempFileName
on error errMsg number ERRNUM
display dialog "Error renaming file - " & errMsg
end try
end tell
end if

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The Save for Web dialog box in the CS6 Beta is ignoring color profiles, so color is not managed. This has not been a problem in previous versions.

The saved output is just fine. I was referring to the images in the Save for Web dialogue
I just checked my settings. CS6 apparently changed my Preview setting from "Use Document Profile" to "Monitor Color." It also changed my Metadata setting. It should not do that!
Restoring the correct Preview setting solved the color management problem, but ONLY for the Preview image. The Original image is still not color managed.
I'm on a wide-gamut monitor, so sRGB images come out looking garish if there's no color profile embedded or it's ignored. That's what's happening here with the Original image in Save for Web. I imported an sRGB image with profile embedded, and it looks just fine in Photoshop while editing. Then I went to Save for Web, with the settings Embed Color Profile, Convert to sRGB, and Preview: Use Document Profile. The JPEG preview too looks just fine with these settings, but the Original looks garish, showing a lack of color management. The color in the two views is showing as completely different, though they both represent the same image with the same color profile embedded.
Going back to CS5, the same image is properly color managed in both Original and Preview. Both images show identical color, as they should.

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