About the save commands

You can use the following commands to save images:

• Save to save changes you've made to the current file. In Photoshop, the file is saved in the current format; in ImageReady, the Save command always saves to PSD format.
• Save As to save an image with a different location or filename. In Photoshop, the Save As command lets you save an image in a different format and with different options. In ImageReady, the Save As command always saves to PSD format.
• Export Original Document (ImageReady) to flatten the layers in a copy of the original image and save the copy in a variety of file formats. Some information (such as slices and optimization settings) is not preserved when an original image is saved to file formats other than Photoshop.
• Save a Version (Photoshop). This command is available for an image that is managed by a Version Cue Workspace. Versioning lets you save different versions of a file and comment on each. For more information, see Working with Adobe Version Cue managed projects.

If you're working with a file from an Adobe Version Cue project, the document title bar provides additional information about the status of the file. (See Working with Adobe Version Cue managed projects.)

• Save for Web (Photoshop), Save Optimized (ImageReady), and Save Optimized As (ImageReady) to save an optimized image for the Web. See Optimizing images and Saving optimized images.

Note: 16-bit-per-channel images can only be saved in the following formats using the Save As command: Photoshop, Photoshop PDF, Photoshop Raw, Large Document Format (PSB), Cineon, PNG, and TIFF. When using the Save for Web command with a 16-bit-per-channel image, Photoshop automatically converts the image from 16-bits per channel to 8-bits per channel.