Help! Can’t save for online use!

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Ryu_Hayabusa
Apr 11, 2004
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Hi. I’m new here. Not sure if this is the right place. For some reason I can’t choose the ‘Save for online use’ option in ‘Save’. Since I work with some internet things I use that the most. I just got done make a image and was going to save it but I couldn’t save it as a .gif file. (I needed it to be transparent.) Please help.
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Robert_Levine
Apr 11, 2004
What version of Photoshop?

Bob
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Ryu_Hayabusa
Apr 11, 2004
I have Photoshop 5.5.
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Ryu_Hayabusa
Apr 11, 2004
Also, when I try to open a gif file it won’t open. But then I try to open a jpg file it will. ???
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Robert_Levine
Apr 11, 2004
Hmmm. Did PS 5.5 have the gif export option?

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Phosphor
Apr 11, 2004
Yes, it did, Bob.
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Ryu_Hayabusa
Apr 11, 2004
Hey. I was looking throught the photoshop files when I found a folder that said ‘File formats’ or something like that. I opened it up and noticed that some of the file names where names of different file types. I also noticed that the file format for gif was missing. Could that cause the save for web option not work?
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Ryu_Hayabusa
Apr 11, 2004
I’ve been able to save them before. I used the saved files for a forum. I have a folder filled with alot of gif files from photoshop. But today I can’t save for web use…
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Robert_Levine
Apr 11, 2004
Try file>export>gif 89a (IIRC).

Bob
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Harald
Apr 11, 2004
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Hi. I’m new here. Not sure if this is the right place. For some reason I can’t choose the ‘Save for online use’ option in ‘Save’. Since I work with some internet things I use that the most. I just got done make a image and was going to save it but I couldn’t save it as a .gif file. (I needed it to be transparent.) Please help.

That sounds mysterious.
If I recall correctly, saving as a GIF requires copyright fees for the application developer. Are you using a ‘lightversion’ of Photoshop? I am pretty sure that Photoshop 5 was able to save as .gif .

If you choose "save as…" is there also no entry "CompuServe gif" in the format drop-down menu?

You could also save as a .PNG file. This format offers several levels of transparency and is supported by all new browsers.

Regards
Harald
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Ryu_Hayabusa
Apr 11, 2004
In Photoshop or where all of its files are?
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Ryu_Hayabusa
Apr 11, 2004
Ok. I tried it but the I can’t get into export.
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Robert_Levine
Apr 11, 2004
Then try trashing your prefs (details in the FAQs). Something is wrong.

Bob
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Ryu_Hayabusa
Apr 12, 2004
Delete my prefs? Wouldn’t that mess photoshop up?
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Harald
Apr 12, 2004
wrote:

I’ve been able to save them before. I used the saved files for a forum. I have a folder filled with alot of gif files from photoshop. But today I can’t save for web use…
Seems very strange to me. I dont know which modes could circumvent saving as a gif. (But my experience is not so big….)
Regards and good luck
Harald
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Jim
Apr 12, 2004
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Delete my prefs? Wouldn’t that mess photoshop up?
No, but it might unmess it.

Jim
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Robert_Levine
Apr 12, 2004
No.

Bob

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