Saving/Exporting to original folder
I have spent the last week 'learning' Lightroom using books by Martin Evening and Scott Kelby. I am starting to get it!?
I have "Developed" a jpg image(from now on I will shoot only in RAW) and want to put it in the same folder as the original image as I will be using the folder for a Slide Show. Here is what I think I should do:
1. Export the file to the original folder with a custom name + seqence #;
2. Import this file through the Library.
3. "Move" the file beside the original file.
4. As soon as I have deterimed that the "developed" file is the one I want then I can Remove the original from the Library or delete it from the disk.
Is the way I should do this or is there a better or more "correct" way.
Thanks
You're much better off keeping the original in Lightroom. You will retain the very highest quality at no expense of disk space. As soon as you export, you loose quality and a lot of editing ability. Exports in Lightroom are akin to consumables. You do them for a certain purpose like for a client or a website and when you done with them you delete them. You have the high quality in Lightroom anyways.
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How do I export all the photos I imported back to their original folder
How do I export all the photos I imported back to their original folder just as they were, they haven't been modified, adjusted etc. I imported them by mistake.
You don't need to worry. You won't lose photos when the 30 day trial expires.
Lr is different than other photo editing software in that it works with a data base (called the "catalog"). Lr does not write anything into the image pixels but stores everything that you do in Lr into its catalog (=data base). That way, when the trial expires your images will still be there, but - since you cannot access the Lr catalog anymore - your photos will be in the state they were before you imported them into Lr.
When you work with Lr you have to really understand the concept of the "catalog", if you don't you will come into very frustrating situations. The concept of "catalog" involves above all that you need to think of your images based on two different files that are in different locations on your computer. One is your image file (Raw, JPG, TIFF) and the other is the data entry written for this image into the Lr catalog. Lr constantly updates this catalog (without you having to hit <save>) and constantly combines the image file with the data from the catalog. From this follows the demand that you take care of the Lr catalog as much as you take care for your image files - by knowing where they are located on your computer and by doing regular backups.
Would it be worth the investment? In my opinion definitively "yes"! I work with Lr since version 1 on a daily basis and would not want to miss it. Lr gives you superior image editing possibilities (in the Develop Module) but - as already said - is also a superb image management tool. Lr will keep track of all of your images irrespective if they are on internal or external hard drives. With Lr you have all of your images available all the time.
But Lr has also a steep learning curve. You cannot just jump in and do things because you'd create havoc and become frustrated. There are excellent books but for starters I would recommend that you watch the video tutorials on Adobe's website. You learn from them easily because you see on your screen what the instructor does, where he clicks, where the different tools are, etc.
Here are some links:
http://tv.adobe.com/product/lightroom/
http://tv.adobe.com/show/adobe-evangelists-julieanne-kost/
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-lightroom-3/
If you decide to buy, you can do so on Adobe's website. You will then be e-mailed a serial # that will unlock your trial version for indefinite time. -
Save files as PNG to original folder, using droplets in Photoshop CC 2014
I want to save RAW images from Lightroom as PNG and found a method online that involves using a droplet in PS. I created this droplet with an action in PS that involves saving an image file as a PNG, to a folder which I call 'PNG files'. To get a PNG file the procedure goes like this:
From Lightroom the image is saved as a TIFF in a new folder within it's original folder
After saving the image, the droplet is used automatically from Lightroom;
The TIFF image is opened in Photoshop, and saved as a PNG in the 'PNG files' folder
My issues with this is that (1) it creates an unneeded TIFF file and (2) The final PNG image is not saved in the folder of the original RAW file. Ideally I'd like to convert the TIFF to PNG in Photoshop and overwrite the TIFF file with the final PNG file. However with the way Photoshop "Save As" and "Save for Web" functions are set up, I must choose a specific folder for the PNG file, which means that all the resulting images end up in one folder, instead of in whichever folder the TIFF file was saved to. With droplets there is an option to "Save and Close" which would overwrite the original TIFF file with the final file. However this bypasses the action where I saved the image as a PNG, so I'd essentially be overwriting one TIFF file with another TIFF file.
The situation now is that for the sake of organization I'd have to (1) delete the TIFF files after each export and (2) Move the final PNG files to the folders I want them to be in. This of course would be time consuming.
If you could help me with this problem I'd be extremely grateful! With the medium I'm using PNG files display much better than JPG. Now I just want to achieve a smooth workflow.When you record the action to Save As PNG (not save for web) it doesnt matter where the location is.
You will override this in the droplet.
Action- states a location of 2014/06/04 (irrelevant)
Droplet- Overrides the location.
The Save and close portion of the droplet does just that. A location is never asked for.
The preference in Photoshop- ensures the png is saved alongside the tiff. -
Need to batch convert PDF to RTF while maintaining original folder structure
I'm using Acrobat Pro 9 and I need a way to batch convert PDF files to RTF while maintaining the original folder structure. So for instance, I might get a set of interview transcripts that were conducted with members of 1000 randomly selected households in 3 different cities. Something like this, where the words in all caps are folder names:
BOSTON
HH1001
PERSON-1A
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
PERSON-2A
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
HH1002
PERSON-1A
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
PERSON-2A
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
PERSON-1C
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
DETROIT
HH2001
PERSON-1A
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
PERSON-2A
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
HH2002
PERSON-1A
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
PERSON-2A
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
PERSON-1C
Interview1.pdf
Interview2.pdf
As u can see, the folder structure can get quite complicated and it's important to keep it the same. Is there any way I can batch convert without having to open all 1000 files at once (which would crash the computer) or without having to add each subfolder to the Export Multiple Files window?
I also tried saving the original folders and files in a portfolio and then converting the portfolio, but that puts all the converted files in a single folder.Bernd Alheit wrote:
For the output location choose 'Same Folder as Original(s)'
Yes, I've done that many times. It doesn't put them in the correct folder structure, it just puts all the new files in the highest-level folder. -
Unable to save Photoshop files in original folder: file disappears
Hi,
At random moments when I'm saving layered Photoshop CS5 files, a message pops up with the following text:
Could not save "\...\FileName..." because the file is locked or you do not have the necessary access privileges. Use the 'Properties' command in the Windows Explorer to unlock the file.
Well the strange thing is that I'm the administrator, the only user of this PC and even when I set/check the properties of the folder containing the files this continues to happen. What is even more disturbing is that I have to save my file as a new file in a new location and when I check the original file, it is no longer in it's original folder.
I save all my files to the local HD and I use an external device to backup my files. I regularly get notices on my backup device telling me that various files were deleted, but will be kept until I need the room. These are files which I did not delete, they are files which I'm still working on.
I'm having to save to the original job folder first, save to the desktop when I get the notice saying I can't save, and then save back into the original folder when I can't save on the desktop anymore because of the same error message. I sometimes get a similar Adobe error message which is basically along the same lines, but I haven't noted the exact text yet.
Recently I closed a file which I had saved and when I needed to return to it, it was nowhere on my computer. I'm very organised about file saving, so it's not a matter of saving files in the wrong place.
I no longer run my back up continuously while I'm working because while it's great to have the peace of mind that I'm regularly backed up, my files can get up to 2GB in size and I think the backup running at the same time is slowing Photoshop processes down, so I most often pause it until I take a break. On this occasion, I had been running it while working (smaller file) and so I was able to retrieve an earlier version from my backup which saved me from having to re-do the job completely. I didn't get this problem when I was using CS5 on Vista, it's been since I've been using Windows7 and my back up drive.
I only recall having had this problem with PSDs, but that could just be because these files can take up to ten hours to complete and there's a higher chance of getting an error message over a longer period of time.
It doesn't happen very often by there has been the very rare occasion where two versions of exactly the same file have been visible in the original job folder (same name on both files). To check if files are where they're supposed to be or if they seem to exhist, I have to close the job folder and re-open it.
I'll disconnect my back up drive while I'm working and see how it goes. It's not ideal, but probably worth a try.
I don't know if there's a connection, but occasionally windows randomly sticks a lock on zipped folders which I create, regardless of the permissions I apply to the upper level folder they sit in. I'm told by a friend that it won't affect other people accessing these zipped folders from other machines. I don't know if that's the case, I always change the zipped folder's permission to include 'Users' and that makes the lock disappear.
I will run this file disappearance thing by Microsoft, but I thought I'd run it buy you guys first in case you can shed any light on it.
Meanwhile here are my specs. If you have any suggestions on how I can boost my computer's performance for large format print work in Photoshop I'd be happy to know. It's not bad now, but faster is always more pleasant:
DELL XPS 730X
Total amount of system memory 6.00 GB RAM
System type 64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores 4
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 950 @ 3.07GHz
Memory: (RAM) 6.00 GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Gaming graphics: 3323 MB Total available graphics memory
Primary hard disk: 302GB Free (451GB Total)
Single hard disc, no partitions.
Adobe Creative Suite 5 Design Premium.
Thank you,
CharlieA great first chapter Charlie. Can't wait for the rest of the book.
The only time I've had anything like this happen, was in a new build after hooking the drives from the old system, but the permissions really were screwed up, and it was a straight forward fix. Is the machine networked perhaps? The files open in another app? I expect you answered this already somewhere in your forum equivalent of War & Peace. ;-) The lads on the Premiere Pro hardware forum can be disparaging about Dell and HP machines, saying their proprietary hardware and software are inaccessible, so I wonder if it is something along those lines.
I’d definitely unhook the second drive as a starting point, or at least double/treble check its permissions.
The only other thing I can think of is changing the state of ‘Save as to original folder’ in Preferences > file handling, but this is all very tenuous and straw clutching. -
In Aperture 3 when I right click on an image I am able to 'create new version from original' which suggests that the original is there. When I try to export the original I only get a .jpg with the XMP file. These particular images are from 2010, has the RAW file become disconnected somehow? Please, how do I get access to the RAW file for editing in Ps? Thank you. Thomasrevil.
Sorry leonie, 'Use RAW as Original' is not an option for the image shot with the Canon.
Then your Import settings must have been different, when you imported the Canon photos.
You can check, if there is still a hidden raw file somewhere. If the image has been imported as a pair, you should see the "J" badge in Browser and Viewer, if you enable badge overlays. This indicates a pair, with the jpeg as original.
Select one of those images, and then relocate the original files "File > Relocate original" to a folder, where you can inspect it. Use "File > Show in Finder" after ward. Look, don't touch .
Then put it back, using "File > Consolidate".
Do you see your raw files in the folder, or is only a jpeg there? -
Edit report in original folder but save only to favorites
Hello!!
I want the following rights:
Right to edit query
Save As to favorites folder and no where else
User should also not be able save back to the original folder but can edit and save to favorites
I want to allow edit of the query and only saving to the favorites and no where else..
Can anyone, please help!
Thank's!!A great first chapter Charlie. Can't wait for the rest of the book.
The only time I've had anything like this happen, was in a new build after hooking the drives from the old system, but the permissions really were screwed up, and it was a straight forward fix. Is the machine networked perhaps? The files open in another app? I expect you answered this already somewhere in your forum equivalent of War & Peace. ;-) The lads on the Premiere Pro hardware forum can be disparaging about Dell and HP machines, saying their proprietary hardware and software are inaccessible, so I wonder if it is something along those lines.
I’d definitely unhook the second drive as a starting point, or at least double/treble check its permissions.
The only other thing I can think of is changing the state of ‘Save as to original folder’ in Preferences > file handling, but this is all very tenuous and straw clutching. -
I would like to download / backup my entire iPhoto library, but want to do so in a manner where each event is saved as a distinct folder. Can someone please advise if / how this is possible?
See Terence Devlin's User Tip on exporting from iPhoto:
Exporting From iPhoto https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
To write events to separate folders, use "File > Export" and select the subfolder format "Event Name". But that will only backup the photos and not your iPhoto library and all the work you invested in organising it. For backing up, see: iPhoto and File Management -
Exactly what does Original Folder mean in File Handling? I have it checked and this is what happens.
I open a file from Folder "Annette" on Drive G>Edit. I make a copy, do final sharpening etc, and save it as Final, from a .psd to .tiff, but now it is directed to Folder "Steens" on Drive E, what PS had open before I opened Annette.
This is driving me nuts, and has been since CS5 was installed. I've gone through reset prefs and still it happens.
Original Folder means what? I see no behavior difference checked or unchecked. The original name of the particular file was the Nikon number, which I changed to "Final.
I need the default to be whatever is the actual folder from which the current file is derived. Changing the name should not consign that Save somewhere else.You want so much to make a dupe of your document to a psd file in the same folder you document is stored in with the same name and have a .psd extension.
Paste the following code into a file named DupeDocToPSD.jsx and place it in your Photoshop's Presets\Scripts folder. You will then see in your Photoshop menu File>Scripts>DupeDocToPSD you can use this to dupe your document if your document is associated with a file(that is has been saved to disk) and the there is not file in that folder with the name DocumentName.psd.
This script is written in javascript and the actual work is done in the function named code(). That function is simple and should be easy read and understand the rest is boiler plate to make sure the scripts runs in Photoshop that there is an active document in photoshop and ensure you edit envirement is the same as it was before the script was used.
/* ==========================================================
// 2011 John J. McAssey (JJMack)
// ======================================================= */
// This script is supplied as is. It is provided as freeware.
// The author accepts no liability for any problems arising from its use.
/* Help Category note tag menu can be used to place script in automate menu
<javascriptresource>
<about>$$$/JavaScripts/DupeDocToPSD/About=JJMack's DupeDocToPSD .^r^rCopyright 2011 Mouseprints.^r^rScript^rNext Line!</about>
<category>JJMack's Script</category>
</javascriptresource>
// enable double-clicking from Mac Finder or Windows Explorer
#target photoshop // this command only works in Photoshop CS2 and higher
// bring application forward for double-click events
app.bringToFront();
// ensure at least one document open
if (!documents.length) alert('There are no documents open.', 'No Document');
else {
main(); // at least one document exists proceed
// main function //
function main() {
// declare local variables
var orig_ruler_units = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; // Set the ruler units to PIXELS
try { code(); }
// display error message if something goes wrong
catch(e) { alert(e + ': on line ' + e.line, 'Script Error', true); }
app.preferences.rulerUnits = orig_ruler_units; // Reset units to original settings
// main function end //
// The real code is embedded into this function so that at any point it can return //
// to the main line function to let it restore users edit environment and end //
function code() {
var thedoc = app.activeDocument;
// getting the name and location;
var docName = thedoc.name;
if (docName.indexOf(".") != -1) {var basename = docName.match(/(.*)\.[^\.]+$/)[1]}
else {var basename = docName};
// getting the location, if unsaved can not continue;
try {var docPath = thedoc.path}
catch (e) {alert(docName + " is unsaved so the destination folder can not be determined DupeDocToPSD aborted");
return;
var psdFile = (new File(docPath+'/'+basename+'.psd'));
if (psdFile.exists) {
alert(psdFile + " file exist DupeDocToPSD aborted");
return;
activeDocument.duplicate();
SaveAs( psdFile , true );
// Helper Functions //
function SaveAs( FileName, inEmbedICC ) {
var SaveOptions = new PhotoshopSaveOptions();
SaveOptions.embedColorProfile = inEmbedICC;
app.activeDocument.saveAs( FileName , SaveOptions ); -
"The document could not be saved/exported as"
Since the installation of Mavericks, I get this problem that I have been trying to investigate, without success so far:
With all application (could it be Preview, Pages and so on), when I first want to save or export the document, the Save dialog displays the default folder (let's say the Documents folder), then if I try to "save" there, or in a child directory, I get a "The document XXX.xxx could not be saved/exported as XYX.yxy".
If, instead of browsing from this default directory, I go back to the root (that is, click "User" then "Documents" and so on), the error vanishes, and the next save goes OK. Until I close the application and start over.
A hint:
The same thing can happen when unzipping a file, and I once observed, when trying to make a new folder from the Unzipping dialog, a "This folder is read-only" indication. In this case again, selecting the same folder by going back to the root, made this indication vanish.
So my guess is that there is some permission problem with the default path / shortcut for writing documents, but I have no clue about how to fix this.
I tried fixing the disk permissions and running all maintenance tasks of Onyx, but the problem doesn't go away.
I would be grateful if anybody had a clue or solution!
ThanksIf you're having trouble making changes to files that are inside your home folder (represented by a house icon in the sidebar of a Finder window), or if you can't get changes to the settings of an application to stick, then please see below.
Back up all data.
This procedure will unlock all your user files (not system files) and reset their ownership and access-control lists to the default. If you've set special values for those attributes on any of your files, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, they may not work as described.
Step 1
If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box marked Allow user to administer this computer, then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
Triple-click anywhere in the following line on this page to select it:
{ sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR..; sudo chown -R $UID:staff ~ $_; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_; chmod -R -N ~ $_; } 2>&-
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting.
You'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take a few minutes to run, or perhaps longer if you have literally millions of files in your home folder. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1 or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Boot into Recovery. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open.
In the Terminal window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password dialog will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
In the dialog, select the startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if it's not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if it's not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
Select
▹ Restart
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Nik plugin problem - exports directly to folder - skips LR catalog :(
hello everybody
i have a very strange problem
while attempting to edit a photo in Nik Color Efex Pro 4 in LR4 - edits are made and i click "save" to go back to LR
the "stack" indication in the upper-left-hand corner increases by one but the edited photo doesn't appear in the library/grid view or filmstrip
however ( !! ) the edited image DOES appear in the original folder on the hard drive - WITH all of the edits performed in Nik
has anybody heard of such a thing??
does anybody know how i can stop this from happening??
i've called Nik tech support - they are at a loss and said to contact Adobe tech support, they think its a adobe/lightroom thing
i've restarted the computer (win7)
i've uninstalled/reinstalled Nik Color Efex Pro 4
i really don't want to uninstall/reinstall LR - all my presets/copyright settings/etcetc.. :/well.. just for the benefit of anybody with the same problem in the future, i "solved" this
apparently the problem went away when i put my laptop on standby (sleep) and then returned to it
the problem didn't exist after that
crazy - i know
sometimes i can't modify the screen brightness after it sleeps and is woken back up - perhaps this is related (?)
usually that happens if i close the lid triggering the sleep mode - if i select sleep from the start menu, wait for it to shut off, THEN close the lid - all is fine
anyway.. in case anybody else finds themself in a similar situation with LR/NiK and they find this topic......... try sleep/wake-up - hibernate/wake-up - be sure not to close the lid before - if that's not working, sleep it by closing the lid (heck, try everything) - try restarts - full shutdowns then restart - etc etc -
Saving layers within a folder to separate pdf's (complete n00bie warning)
I have designed a set of wedding invites recently and when it came time to export I was wanting to find a smarter (and hopefully faster) way to export each individual invite.
I have the document setup so one folder is all the artwork including details text on the card, and the second folder is a large number of text layers with each invitees name on an individual layer.
I was wanting a script that with one click would export the first folder (with all the wording and artwork) and then only one layer out of the second (invitee text layer) folder, then repeat the process but with the next invitee name. It would be preffered if the pdf was then named after that layer name (ie: the invitee's name).
After much searching I found this excellent script:
Creating Multi-Page PDF from a Layerd Illustrator file (script)
but unfortunately I couldn't find a way to make it work with only layers in one folder and leaving another folder visible.
I am on a Mac and using CS5.
Thanks for taking a look at my question!If you doc was something like this where I would expect you guest names to be sat in a layer above the base art?
Then this should be close… Well it worked for me with this example file…
#target illustrator
var docRef = app.activeDocument;
with (docRef) {
var docName = baseName(name)
var pdfOptions = new PDFSaveOptions();
pdfOptions.pDFPreset = '[High Quality Print]';
// Turn all first layers text frames off
for (var i = 0; i < layers[0].textFrames.length; i++) {
layers[0].textFrames[i].hidden = true;
redraw();
// Turn each first layers text frames off
for (var i = 0; i < layers[0].textFrames.length; i++) {
if (i == 0) {
layers[0].textFrames[i].hidden = false;
redraw();
var guestName = layers[0].textFrames[i].contents;
var saveAsPath = new File('~/Desktop/' + docName + '_' + guestName + '.pdf')
saveAs(saveAsPath, pdfOptions);
} else {
layers[0].textFrames[i-1].hidden = true;
layers[0].textFrames[i].hidden = false;
redraw();
var guestName = layers[0].textFrames[i].contents;
var saveAsPath = new File('~/Desktop/' + docName + '_' + guestName + '.pdf')
saveAs(saveAsPath, pdfOptions);
//close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);
function baseName(fileName) {
var nameString = '';
var extOffset = fileName.lastIndexOf('.');
if (extOffset == -1) {
nameString = fileName;
} else {
nameString = fileName.substr(0, extOffset);
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Still new to Imac,I wish to save some notes that I have typed on text edit (as I did not find a notepad or Word page like we do on PCs).I want to save it on a new folder that I managed to open in the Documents folder.I am not able to drag & drop the text file onto the New folder.How do I go about?
Hi, Ministrel -
First 'Save" the TextEdit file. Doing so will present a screen in which you can name the doument, and place it wherever you choose. For my convenience I usually save new documents (files) to the Desktop.
Then drag the file from where it was saved to into that folder.
If you have tried that, and are getting a 'you can't do that type of message when you try to drop it into the folder, please give us the exact text of the message. -
I have Adobe Reader X 10.0.0, PDF Version 1.4 (Acrobat 5.x). I have been saving PDF's for years, and each time I save, it goes to the last folder I saved to? The other day, I had approximately 15 PDF's that had been scanned to me, and after I had saved 5 of these documents normally, it then started going straight to a temporary folder, and has done ever since, which means I have to go through all the folders to get the one I desire? I have spoken to our I.T. department and they believe its a problem with PDF and not with our system, and I believe otherwise. I can use Recent Places, but when you have done the same thing for years, and the amount I do, change is not always good
Has anyone encountered the same problem, and can help?Hi Kat,
This is a bit geeky, but the signature appearance that you see on the page is not the signature, but just a graphical representation of the actual signature. The actual signature is a blob of hex encoded data in the PDF file that you don't really see. That aside...
When you create a digital signature the first thing Acrobat/Reader will ask you to do is select a digital ID to sign with. Acrobat then reads the digital ID and amasses some information to use to create the signature appearance. It then fills in the form field (a signature field is just a special use form field) with the appearance, BUT the signature still hasn't been created. The next thing Acrobat does is asks you to Save the file to disk. This is more geekiness, but it much safer to compute the signature byte range on disk then it is in memory. The simple explanation is it's harder for the bad guys to manipulate the bytes on disk then it is for them to control the bytes in memory and because a digital signature provides document security we err on the safe side and require the file to be written to disk before the signature is created. The other safety item is, we want to sign the signature appearance so that someone can't come along later and modify the appearance without breaking the signature, so it (the appearance) has to be created before the signature proper is created.
So at this point you've seen the signature appearance and thought that the signature has been created, but it hasn't. When you try to save to the network folder something is preventing Acrobat from saving the file and what ends up happening is the file is rolled back to the pre-signature state and the signature appearance is removed. The file is in essence untouched.
All of that aside (which is probably more than you really wanted to know) the real question is why can't the file be saved to the network folder. This isn't really a digital signature issue, but rather a network permissions issue.
Steve -
Authenication needed when moving or saving files to a folder
I've been online searching but can't find a resolution to disabling having to authenticate when moving or saving files to any folder.
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