The obsolete 'copy' in save as .jpg

I supported Pshop for Adobe when 4 came out (1997) and STILL I have to delete the automatic insertion of 'copy' into the filename when I save a layered .psd as a .jpg. There is NO reason for this piece of code anymore. As I understand it, there was some weird concern that, since layers were new, people wouldn't realize that saving as a .jpg wouldn't preserve them and they would also have to save the .psd as well - which you are warned about anyway on close.
Can ANYONE tell me why this piece of code is still there? Can ANYONE concoct a reason I have had to delete 'copy' on save as .jpg for FIFTEEN years now? Just for my sanity - make something up that sounds good. PLEASE!

Geolaf wrote:
Sorry - been using shift+control S forever - doesn't offer the option to NOT save as a cop
I really don't think my workflow is at all unusual. I would just like it to save the jpeg as a flattened jpg (since all jpgs ARE flat) and leave the psd open - just as it does - and prompt me to save the psd as it does. But I would be happy if there WAS a keycombo that made that happen.
Nevertheless - I guess this is the definitive 'thinking' behind the code - even though it doesn't offer a choice (which is where I think the flaw is - since the only thing that happens to the workflow is that I have to remove - or leave - copy in the filename.)
It's not as if it's preventing anything. They could have put in a dialog that says: "Saving in another format with layers will leave the author file in psd format and save a copy so that you can maintain your layers." with a checkbox that says: Don't show me this again.
May be good ideas, but I can assure you that they are not going to make any code changes for CS3 and your problem doesn't exist in the latest versions.

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Hi everybody!
I'm getting Error 8800 when saving certain PSDs out as a JPG. The error says Error 8800. General Photoshop error occured <No additional information available>
Line:18
-> {activeDocument.saveAs(jpgFile, jpgSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
But, like I say, it works fine for some PSD files and not for others. I'm just not sure why though - it's not like i've included path infomation or an extra channel or something.
Here's the code
<code>
// LAZY SAVE AS JPG
var srcDoc = app.activeDocument;
docName = app.activeDocument.name.substring(0,app.activeDocument.name.length -4)
filePath = srcDoc.path + '/' + docName + '.jpg';
var jpgFile = new File(filePath);
jpgSaveOptions = new JPEGSaveOptions();
jpgSaveOptions.formatOptions = FormatOptions.OPTIMIZEDBASELINE;
jpgSaveOptions.embedColorProfile = true;
jpgSaveOptions.matte = MatteType.NONE;
jpgSaveOptions.quality = 12;
try
{activeDocument.saveAs(jpgFile, jpgSaveOptions, true, Extension.LOWERCASE);
catch(e)
alert(e)
</code>

I'm still here; like a bad penny I always turn up
I've not encountered the problem again, although I did put in some cautionary lines of code just to get around it - like forcing a flatten - duplicating the image into a new document and saving that out. As well as a try / catch save.
Incidentally the limit of 300 chars does cause a 8800 error. I was able to save out C:\temp\a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3\a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3\a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3\a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q.jpg
but add three more letters to the filename and it's kick up an error!

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