Converting TIFFS to jpegs

• markst33

  Participant

  April 2, 2011 at 4:21 pm

  I have a TIFF file and am trying to convert it to jpeg. The tiff was created in PS CS4 by a friend and I am using CS3 to try and convert it to jpeg for upload but when I try to Save As.. I do not have the jpeg option in the file format dropdown. When I have created Tiffs myself I have had this option to convert. Is this a known problem with CS4 to CS3 ?

  Is there any way around this ?

  Mark S.
  thalpin

  Member

  April 2, 2011 at 4:49 pm

  the TIFF is using a 16-bit format so can only be saved to PSD, EPS and other formats capable of that bit depth.
  In photoshop go to Image>Mode>8-bits/channel and then try saving as JPG
  iophotoworks

  Participant

  April 3, 2011 at 10:53 am

  Yes, as thalpin said, in CS3 you must first change from 16 down to 8 bit before the JPEG option will show up in the ‘Save As..’ dialog.
  In CS5 the JPEG option will show up even on 16 bit files and they will automatically be converted to 8-bit on conversion.

  If the JPEGS are intended for web use it might also be worth checking that the embedded profile is sRGB and not something else like Adobe RGB. Some email clients and web browsers are not colour management aware and just assume all JPEGS are sRGB – if the file is not sRGB then the colours will really messed up when rendered by such clients.
  markst33

  Participant

  April 4, 2011 at 11:18 am

  That worked lads…..thanks a lot.

  Mark S.