You said "#2, CL needs to give us a simple "File, Save As" option where we can quickly save what we just edited and pick a location to save it to ala PS"

I just did a bunch of images that I took of my new granddaughter and I had a File Save as Option in Adjust or Edit part of the program

Perhaps I'm in a different part of the program. I haven't used Export.

Also try CTRL-Shift -S


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I'll go look again. Previously I had clicked on Edit as well as File as well as Export at the bottom of the window.

Thanks for the reply. ~Tom~

Hello Tom,

I do agree with you that the Export facility can be a bit "less-than-straightforward". In PhD "Export" & "Save As/To" are effectively the same, but Export allows you to set parameters.

Once I've exported an image, I (personally) regard the photo in front of me as either a work in progress (if I'm going to do further edits) or a thing of the past (because it's already been exported in its current state).

Using Export allows you to set particular options that are applied to all exported photos (location, quality, naming sequence etc).
Using Save As - Ctrl + Shift + S - does the same thing, but you need to set name & location each time, just as in other software.

In some parts of the Edit module (background removal, body shaper etc), Save As is greyed out (under File), but replaced by Save To. Both do the same thing.

Tom, those annoying alerts that remind you you're about to lose previous edits when you already know that (!) - I just check "Don't remind me again".

PIX

For most editing, I tend to use Ctrl + Shift + S where it's available. When I'm doing a large batch of photos, I'm more likely to use Export (either singly or as a group). PIX YouTube channel

I do not have a "Save As" button in my PD4. Here is a screen capture. I edited a photo to remove the foreground. Then I clicked on Edit and looked for a Save As button. There is none. I then clicked on File and looked for one there. None. Just like I explained in my original post.

Attached is the screenie showing the Edit window open. ~Tom~

That's correct, Tom.

I understood what you were saying.

In the Edit module (where you were doing some background removal), there are no "Save" or "Save As" options available in the File menu. In the section, if you Export, your transparency will be ignored.

The Save To button is the only choice in that case.



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Ah, okay. Now that you pointed it out with an arrow I see it. Thank you PIX.

Funny, that one has to look all over the place for SAVE buttons instead of having them in the same location all of the time. ~Tom~