Hi there, this is Unmesh and welcome to the
biggest debate of the decade and that is Save As vs Export As in Photoshop. You know, it's not really a question of which
one is the better one. It's actually a question of which one to use
when. Today we're going to be looking at 10 different
parameters, and how these options stand on those parameters to help you better understand
the differences. So without any further ado, let's get started. Back in the magical world of Photoshop, and
let's jump in. Let's dive into the very first parameter. That is difference in file formats. So if you go ahead and go to File, and inside
of that, if you go to Export and Export As, you have just these options. Have a look at these file formats. You have JPEG, PNG, GIF and SVG. However, if you go to File - Save As, you
have a lot of options right there. So there you go. That's the difference in the file formats
and the options that you have right in there. So these are the options that you have in
Save As, and these are the options that you have in Export As. Now, do keep in mind, the major take away
here is that when you're using Export As, there is no option to save the document in
such a way that you can get back to the layers, that you can get back to the shapes and the
filters that you have added, just the way it is. There is no option. However, if you choose Save As, there are
options to do that. For example, the PSD format, right, Photoshop
document, you have the PSB format, you have the TIFF format. You get the point. So, what I personally do is that when I have
to save a document in a way that I can work on it later, I would use Save As. If I have to publish, if I have to just bake
in the JPEG, if I have to just bake in the PNG, then I will use Export As. Let's move on to the next one. The next one is exporting at different sizes,
all at once. And this feature is only available in Export
As. Let's take a look. So let's say we go to File, and Save As. There is no option to be able to save as different
sizes. However, let's go ahead and hit Cancel right
there. If you go to File - Export, and Export As,
you can also use the shortcut. Have a look, this is the shortcut. I cannot remember it. You have the option on the left hand side
which is Scaling. You can have the original resolution, which
is 1x. In addition to that, you can have more. If you click on the '+', and then if you choose,
maybe I want 50% of that, 0.5 as well. If you want to add one more, maybe I want
to add a smaller size of that, 0.1 times. Maybe I want to add more. Maybe you want to enlarge it. I don't see why you would do that, but maybe
some of you might have an use for it. So enlarge it by 1.5 times, and all of these
sizes will be saved. If I go ahead and hit Export, I have created
a folder called Sample. Let's go ahead and save it right there. Select Folder and it's exporting all of these
sizes. Let's go ahead and open that folder and see
what it has saved. Have a look at the Sample folder and as you
can clearly see, this is the original one, this is the 0.1 times, this is the 0.5 times. You see every size right there. If you right click on the Properties of the
original one, and let's go ahead and find out the Properties, you will see that if you
go to the Details, have a look at the dimensions - 3840 x 2160. All right. If you look at 0.1 times dimensions, right
click on it, and then choose Properties, and then if you go ahead and look at the Details..
see, just 0.1 times of that, 384 x 216. So, just a quick reminder, when you're using
Export As, it gives you the option to save at different sizes, all at the same time The next one is Export As also gives you the
option to save multiple layers or artboards. So I can show that to you. So right here, we have a lot of layers. We have the Subject Before, we have the Color
Grading layer, we have the Arrow layer, right. So, if I just go ahead and select the Arrow
layer, which is this Arrow. By the way, this is the first slide of my
presentation at Adobe Max last year. So, if we just go ahead and choose the Arrow,
and then we have the Text layer, let's choose both of these. Arrow, hold the Ctrl or Command, select the
Text, and both of these layers are now selected. If you right click on it and then choose Export
As, it's the same setting right in there. Have a look, you would see right down in here,
both of them are in here, and you can save them all at one time. And in all of these sizes, as well. I don't want all of these sizes. I just want 1x, the original one. All right. And we want to keep the transparency. Since JPEG does not support transparency,
we can change the format to be PNG. And you will see, have a look, it's now transparent. And you can export it by simply clicking on
Export. Let's cancel it. Now, this also works if you're working with
different outputs. So, let's go ahead and go to File - New. And this time, we're going to choose Art & Illustration,
and maybe we're going to choose a 2000 pixel grid. We want to create artboards. So let's check it. Click on Create. We have one artboard. Let's draw one more. So with the help of the artboard to write
in there, inside of the Move tool group, let's draw one more artboard right in there. Two artboards. Let's choose the first artboard and inside
of that, let's take the Brush and just draw 1. All right, this is the first one, and with
the second artboard, if we select that, and we can create a new layer inside of it, put
it inside artboard two, and there, we can draw 2. So, this is the second one. Now if you go to File - Export - Export As,
you will see that both of these artboards are going to show up. Artboard 1, artboard 2. And you can save both of them at the same
time, and also, that too with different sizes if you want to. Now, let's come down to number 4, which is
Resizing Options, and as you've guessed already, Save As does not have resizing options and
this is one of the most useful features in Export As. Let's take a look. Let's go to File - Save As, have a look. There is no resizing option. However, if you go to File - Export - Export
As, you will see.. even if I'm not creating all of these sizes, let's go ahead and delete
all of these.. there is this Image Size option during Export. So I can change the width, the height. I can maybe save it as 1280 x 720. Now, the size of it is reduced to a YouTube
thumbnail size. And then you can also change the size by using
the scale right there. So you can make it 50%. You can make it 33%. You see how it's working? Also, how do you resample when it resizes? See, when you go to Image - Image Size, and
then when you just resize something, what is the math that you're going to use when
you enlarge it or make it smaller? By default, I leave it to Bicubic Automatic. You can try different ones and see how they
affect your image by zooming in and looking at the Preview. Now this, my friend, is a very helpful feature. Let's say I'm working on a very high resolution
image and I want to save a YouTube thumbnail version of that. So we are creating a video and if you want
to upload it to social media or even if you want to to Instagram, you can directly change
the image size from here instead of having to resize it first and then export it. You can save a lot of time by doing this right
here. All of this brings us to the fifth parameter,
which is Image Preview. It's also one of the most crucial features
that only Export As has. Let's say you want to upload your profile
photo. There are lots of forms that you fill online,
right. And many of those forms have this limit, like
the photo you upload should not be larger than, let's say, 100KB, or should not be larger
than 200KB or whatever the limit is. It also has some dimension limits and all
of them. So, you can directly dial in those numbers
right there and you can make sure that you're not losing the quality as well. Also, there are a lot of websites where you
just upload photos and they have a 5MB limit, or they have a dimension limit and now you
know how to set the dimension limit. But, let's say you want to have the best quality
and not compromise with the size, here's how to do it. File - Export - Export As. So let's say I want to save this image in
4k, which is 3840 x 2160 pixels. However, I want the file size to be under
1MB. Right now the file size, as you can see, is
4MB. So how do I reduce the file size? By decreasing the quality. Now, it is great that Export As feature gives
you the option to look at the image, look at the live preview of the image, meaning
it will show you how will the image look when you open it after exporting. Isn't that pretty cool? So you can slowly and gradually start decreasing
the quality. So, let's say what happens with 71% quality? What are the quality losses here? So, I cannot see any loss. This is pretty good and also at the same time
the file size is reduced to 1.2MB. So, we can go even lower. 762KB and I don't see much significant quality
loss right here as well. Maybe we can try a little higher, and you
get the point. So I'm going to go for 60% and let's see what
it does. The size is also reasonable.. 841. There is max quality. We love it and then you can just hit Export. It will still be 4k. Just a little bit reduction of quality, but
it comes under 1MB, which is what we wanted. Pretty cool, isn't it? So the take away here is that Export As gives
you a live preview when you keep on decreasing the quality. That way you don't have to go to File - Save
As and start experimenting with the quality, decreasing it a little bit, then opening the
image again, seeing how it is, maybe increasing it a little bit. It's a whole another process. Instead you can do it live, in real time. Now let's move on to number six. I know these differences sound like I'm biased
towards Export As and it sounds like they paid me a lot of money to say things about
Export As, but it's not the truth. Anyway, far from the truth. File - Export - Export As, and the sixth parameter
actually is that Export As lets you change the canvas size. To be honest, I never use this feature, maybe
you will find a use for this. You can change the width, you can change the
height. See, more of the canvas is going to show up. You can also take it to the opposite direction,
or choose a very low number. Let's choose 1000 right there. And it's probably going to crop. You see what it's doing? Well, this is a feature I don't use, but you
might find it useful. So there it is. The seventh one is a simple one. And that is the ability to save with or without
Metadata. So, let's say if we dig the Metadata of this
photo, so let's go to File - File Info, there is no Metadata at the moment. So you can fill in the details. You might have the camera data, the origin
and all of that. So let's go ahead and type in the Author title
and we can type anything.. John Doe, hit OK. All right. Now, this has the Author title - John Doe
in Metadata. Now, if you go to File - Save As and save
it as a JPEG, we have selected JPEG right there, and let's save it as EX1. Let's click on Save. Let the quality be maximum. Hit OK. Now if we again go to this folder and open
this image in Photoshop, the file metadata will be there. So in Photoshop right now, it's already open. Let's close it. I don't want to save it. So, let's open that all over again, EX1, that
was the file. Let's open that up in Photoshop and once you
open it, if you go to File file info, you will see John Doe is there. However, if you go to File - Export, and Export
As, you have the ability to hide the Metadata. So let's say you don't want to save all the
Metadata that you put in right there. So you can choose Metadata - None, or you
can have the copyright and the content info inside of that Metadata. So let's say, we put a Copyright info. Let's go to File - File Info, and then inside
of the Copyright Status we see Copyrighted, we select Copyrighted, and Copyright Notice,
we type in PiXimperfect. All right. Hit OK. Now have a look, the 'C' shows that this is
copyrighted. Now, let's go to File - Export - Export As..
if the save it right now and we choose Metadata - None, we don't want the copyright information,
and we hit Export, and we save it as EX2 - Save, and let's go ahead and open EX2 and you will
see, all of those information is gone. And drop it inside of Photoshop, and now have
a look, the copyright sign is not there. Even if you go to File - File Info, the John
Doe is gone ,there is no copyright information and none of that. So, you have the option to turn Metadata off
and on while you're using Export As. Moving to number eight. The next feature, which is only available
on Export As, is the ability to convert to sRGB during Export. So let's say you're working on an image which
is in ProPhoto RGB. Let's click on this arrow right there and
choose Document Profile, we'll be able to have a look.. ProPhoto RGB. Now, many of the online platforms like Instagram
or Facebook renders colors the best if you save it as sRGB. So you don't have to go to Edit and then Convert
to Profile, choose sRGB and then change back the document and do all of that mess or maybe
duplicate the document for an sRGB conversion. Don't have to do that. If you go to File - Export - Export As, you
have the option right there and then to be able to convert to sRGB, have a look at this
box right there, just check it - Convert to sRGB, and it would be fine. If you do not convert it and upload it to
Instagram, your image might look like this. So make sure you convert to sRGB. Now, if your software or online platform supports
ProPhoto RGB or any medium, for instance, Photoshop supports sRGB, then you don't have
to convert it. All you have to do is to check Embed Color
Profile. It means that it's going to tell the software
or the platform that this image is ProPhoto RGB. That's it. I've made a complete video about it. You can check it out right here. Moving on to number nine, and this property
is in favor of Save As. So if you go to File, and then Save As, you
have the option, if you have look, to save it to Cloud Documents. And this is only available if you're using
the later versions of Photoshop, which is CC 2020. So you can easily save it in your Adobe Creative
Cloud by simply clicking on Save to Cloud Documents, and then you can choose where to
save it. And you get the point. Moving on to property number 10, which we
have touched on a little before and that is embedding the color profile. Both of these options have that. So, it's an even thing right there. So, if you go to File - Save As, you have
the option to embed the color profile right there, which is ProPhoto RGB. And even in there, this is just telling the
software which is going to open the image that this, my friend, is sRGB or ProPhoto
RGB or whatever profile you're working on. So this is ProPhoto RGB, even if I go to File
- Export - Export As, it has the same option. It's a very similar thing that is embedding
the color profile. So there you go, my friend, those are the
10 parameters and how both of these options which is Save As and Export As stand in each
of these properties. Well to cut a long story short, here's the
simple thing that you need to remember if you're saving as PSD, PSB, TIFF or in a way
which you want to keep all the layers and you want to be working in the document later,
use Save As and for the rest of the other things, you can use Export As. Well, at least that's what I do. You can find any other use for it. That's up to you. You're welcome to use it. I hope this video helped you better understand
the differences between Save As and Export As, and if it did, make sure to give us a
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you, my friend, don't miss any other future tips, tricks or tutorial. And just before I go, because you stayed in
till the end, I'm going to show you one tip. Sometimes when you're using Export As, and
you're resizing, some of the Layer Styles might not render properly. So, let's say you added a drop shadow and
then you reduce the size and Export As, it might act a little weird. So, a tip here is that when you're using Export
As, create a blank layer at the top and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E / Command + Option
+ Shift + E. This creates a Stamp Visible Layer and then you can go to File - Export
- Export As. That way it will always render it. Always render all the Layer Styles perfectly. Thank you so much for watching. And I would like to take this moment to thank
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free for everybody forever. I'll see you guys again in the next one. Till then, stay tuned and make sure that you
keep creating.
