what if you flatten image first? it looks the same as the jpg? if yes, go with Mike's suggestion, but watch carefully every merge down

How are you saving the JPG file?

Save As?

Save for Web?

what if you save to PNG?

do you have dropbox? or give us some way to download and see the files?

click on it with the right button is a copy public link option, or in the dropbox page is the same option that shows a public download adress

Hi, I editeda b&w jpeg image to add/create color in some places by adding and playing with layers/curves and all and it automatically saved as a PSD now I can't get it to go back to jpeg so I can upload it. It won't even let me save for web. I'm not an advanced user at all so if someone could help, that'd be great. Thanks!

save a copy how?

I went back and re edited the original jpeg again, and then flattened it, and when I went to save it, when it prompted me to save it as a psd I scrolled down and chose JPEG 2000 as it was the only jpeg option, now I can't open it anywhere...I'm extrememly frustrated!

No I mis read what you were saying, that or YOU mis read the fact that in the post above that comment I said it won't let me open the file now that I saved it as JPEG 2000.

So basically I need to start ALL over from the original image and do all the layering edits again but this time after I flattened it change it back to RGB then the SAVE AS feature will work?

Cause once I even create one channel/layer it won't let me choose the SAVE AS option.

I'm not new to photoshop at all I've been using it for many years, I've just never done any big edits that required layers/channels.

station_two wrote:

 

Then flatten the file, make sure the image is in RGB color and 8-bit mode, then save.

There's no need to flatten the document before saving as JPEG. Also, if a user wants a grayscale or CMYK JPEG then they'd better not change the doc to RGB.

The document can be flat or multi-layered, 8-bit or 16-bit per channel, and grayscale, RGB or CMYK.

File > Save As... JPEG will automatically save a flattened 8-bit image in grayscale, RGB or CMYK as appropriate, without altering the original document.

File > Save For Web... JPEG will automatically save a flattened 8-bit RGB image without altering the original document.

If you take the trouble to install the optional JPEG2000 plug-i you should be able to open your JPEG2000 file.

Alternatively, you can post a link to your file, and I or other fellow contributors will be happy to re-save it as a plain JPEG all over again.

conroy2009,

Your post is framed as a response to me, so here we go:

I fully realize there are all those other functionalities and possibilities, even though I'm a dyed-in-the-wool JPEG hater and at-all-costs-avoider.  What happened here is that I, wrongly or rightly, gauged the poster to be a rank beginner and gave him what I considered to be the fastest and safest solution.

Alas, it turned out not to be fool proof.

My dad took some maternity pictures of me, he took majority in B&W I wanted to make certain parts in color only so I watched a youtube tutorial to add color to a B&W he said to convert to a CMYK so I did, I continued to follow his instructions step by step. He just didn't mention that when it would save it would save as a PSD so I didn't even know abt that format until AFTER it happened. So I began to look up how to convert from PSD to JPEG...every forum I saw I tried what they suggested to no avail. I then went back to the original JPEG image, RE DID the edits, only this time when I went to save (as the SAVE AS feature truly isn't working, I can click it and click it, even use the shortcute keys...nothing happens) I scrolled down, chose the JPEG 2000 selection cause a forum said to chose JPEG when it pops up PSD, I didn't realize that it was different than a reg JPEG format and now it won't open even in cs6 it says NOT ENOUGH RAM and IDK why. So I've now gone yet again to the original JPEG, switched it to CMYK did all the edits again, I am now done editing, only this time I'm going to have someone tell me what to do next as it's still JPEG, 8bits chanel and I have NOT flattened it....what do I need to do next in order to insure it saves as a jpeg so I am able to upload it online?

I am not sure how to do screen shots or I would love to take them so someone can see exactly what I see. IDK if it matters but I am using the trial version of cs6, I was trying to get used to it some before I upgraded from cs5 extended.

If someone can instruct me as to how to post a link to the image so someone else could edit it then I'd be glad to do so.

I'm not an idiot...everyone started out a beginner at some point and I happen to be not as advanced as others...I see no fault in that, I am a 25 yr old woman who is busy as a working at home mom so forgive me if I can't invest a lot of time into learning a new program as quickly as I would like.

Thanks to anyone who can and is willing to help.

I had already had the file saved as JPEG 2000 by the time you posted a response, and at that point...like I've stated MULTIPLE times...it was too late to try what you'd suggested as it wouldn't even open the file anymore. There really is no need at all for the attitude here.

I'm not a dude, guys aren't named COURTNEY!

but regardless, IDK why the SAVE AS function isn't working on my trial version, maybe I got a bad download cause even when I am trying to SAVE AS diff pics that all I did was crop them, it still won't work. I know how to use the SAVE AS option, however I click it...nothing happens, nothing pops up...just nothing!