I cannot find the answer to this anywhere and maybe someone here can help.
Scenario:
- Using CS3, I open a file from a directory, say C:\Pictures\2009-08-14. It can be any format, say DNG.
- I make edits to the image and then save as a Tiff or PSD or whichever.
- If I am not paying attention, the file is saved to the last directory that I may have saved a file within, say it was the directory C:\Photos\test
Is there any way to get Photoshop to behave such that if I open a file from a directory such as C:\Pictures\2009-08-14, when I go to save it as something else, it bloody well saves the new file in the same directory where the original came from (C:\Pictures\2009-08-14). It's maddening.
Andrew
Full Version: Is there any way to get Photoshop to save editied files in the same directory as the file you opened is located?
QUOTE (AndrewKulin @ Sep 28 2009, 07:28 PM) 
I cannot find the answer to this anywhere and maybe someone here can help.
Scenario:
- Using CS3, I open a file from a directory, say C:\Pictures\2009-08-14. It can be any format, say DNG.
- I make edits to the image and then save as a Tiff or PSD or whichever.
- If I am not paying attention, the file is saved to the last directory that I may have saved a file within, say it was the directory C:\Photos\test
Is there any way to get Photoshop to behave such that if I open a file from a directory such as C:\Pictures\2009-08-14, when I go to save it as something else, it bloody well saves the new file in the same directory where the original came from (C:\Pictures\2009-08-14). It's maddening.
Andrew
Scenario:
- Using CS3, I open a file from a directory, say C:\Pictures\2009-08-14. It can be any format, say DNG.
- I make edits to the image and then save as a Tiff or PSD or whichever.
- If I am not paying attention, the file is saved to the last directory that I may have saved a file within, say it was the directory C:\Photos\test
Is there any way to get Photoshop to behave such that if I open a file from a directory such as C:\Pictures\2009-08-14, when I go to save it as something else, it bloody well saves the new file in the same directory where the original came from (C:\Pictures\2009-08-14). It's maddening.
Andrew
I have the same question, and the "feature" continues with CS4. The only way I have found to deal with it is to do a "Save As" the first time I open a file from a given folder, and then navigate back to that folder. I get miffed when I forget to do that, but I don't think Adobe would want to change that. It would sure be nice to have the option, though, maybe under Options>File Handling.
QUOTE (AndrewKulin @ Sep 28 2009, 04:28 PM)
- Using CS3, I open a file from a directory, say C:\Pictures\2009-08-14. It can be any format, say DNG.
- I make edits to the image and then save as a Tiff or PSD or whichever.
- If I am not paying attention, the file is saved to the last directory that I may have saved a file within, say it was the directory C:\Photos\test
- I make edits to the image and then save as a Tiff or PSD or whichever.
- If I am not paying attention, the file is saved to the last directory that I may have saved a file within, say it was the directory C:\Photos\test
Something is fishy. I just made several tries with CS3, opening a file from different drives and folders; when Save As, it starts out with the input folder each time.
QUOTE (Panopeeper @ Sep 28 2009, 08:45 PM)
Something is fishy. I just made several tries with CS3, opening a file from different drives and folders; when Save As, it starts out with the input folder each time.
Darn it - you are correct.
It's when I have been opening files up from Bridge that this is happening.
Andrew
p.s. - So is there a way to do what I want to do when opening via Bridge?
QUOTE (AndrewKulin @ Sep 28 2009, 10:12 PM)
Darn it - you are correct.
It's when I have been opening files up from Bridge that this is happening.
Andrew
p.s. - So is there a way to do what I want to do when opening via Bridge?
It's when I have been opening files up from Bridge that this is happening.
Andrew
p.s. - So is there a way to do what I want to do when opening via Bridge?
I almost always open my files from the Bridge, unless I use the Open Recent list from CS4. I will have to check out all of the variables and see what happens. In addition, I sometimes use Lightroom, and I wonder how all three programs interact. As soon as I have tried all of the combinations I'll post the results.
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