How To Save Your Finished Image In Photoshop (WITH or WITHOUT LAYERS)

In this video I'm providing the answer to THE most commonly asked question I receive in my YouTube comments.

That question is always along the lines of: how do I save my finished image in Photoshop?

What happens to the layers and adjustments I created?

Should I flatten my image before saving?

What's next when I finish editing my photo?

Well, the answer is coming right up.

PLUS I'll be showing my actual process for sharpening, resizing and exporting my own photos in a way that makes organising all the various versions of the same image EASY.

If you're familiar with my 6 stage editing workflow then you'll know that stage 6 is "Resize, Sharpen and Export" and this is where the answer to this question lives.

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[cherylbinnall]

I have been looking in all the wrong places for this solution! You are a lifesaver. Thank you so so much.

[roseannachavez]

Thank you! Thank you! AND THANK YOU! As a beginner, I was having so many problems with this task. However, all good now. Thanks again! I will subscribe!

[xjmiztx]

omg, I'm about to sub but u have such a unnecessary long ass intro, keep it short and concise plz

[randyvee]

I was wondering how to do this. Very simple when someone shows you the right way. Everyone cuts their end short of closing out the final steps. Randal

[nunsjki]

Thank you! I always struggled with this.

[jacquelinegargano]

When going to resize, what if not putting on FB? What if just sending to a client through email? How do I know what size to make it?

[martingjsmith]

Very useful but an alternative if you have Lightroom is to simply create export presets. Would you agree?

[markecob]

Thank you so much Steve. This video is invaluable and clears up so much.
I may have missed something though and have one question. When i right click a saved tif file in lightroom to "edit in", i have the option to "edit in PS" but I dont have the bottom option to "open as layers in PS". So it opens as a single layer. None of my previous edits (layers) are available. But if I "Open with" and select PhotoShop from the File in the file folder, all the layers are there in Photoshop. I hope that all makes sense. Am I missing something. Thank you

[elmafudd]

Thankyou Steve for your help. Very few people take you this far in their work flow. Can I ask Is this the stage where you ask a printers for a colour profile so you can confirm possible changes to your image. Or is that old school now, If your monitor and work flow is calibrated do you just send the file and leave it to the printers.

[zakkable]

Thank you for your video, I don't know why it keeps showing me an error and can't save it, can't change the profile...Help!

[crumpeteer]

Hi Steve, I was under the impression that only .psd files preserved the layers but I thought I heard you imply that .tiff files also preserve layers. Am I correct? Thanks for the video Steve.

[leslyhernandez]

what's the difference between merging the image and flattening the image ? why one over the other ?

[arturodoria]

But how do you save WITH ALL THE LAYERS