How do you save your Layouts?

I save at 12x12 for print and I used to print 8x8 and I would just upload my 12x12 file and order prints in 8x8 and they always turned out great. I do not keep my PSD’s and I also delete my web files after I have uploaded to online galleries.

- 12x12 300 res for print (jpeg)
- 2x2 or sometimes 3x3 300 res for web and I export for web in PS with file size under 240

 

I pretty much do the same as @gracielou I save at 12x12 300dpi and then when I want to print 8x8, I just upload the 12x12 and order in the 8x8 size. I don't save PSD's either...except for my PL pages and I'm really not sure why I save those. I just never really felt the need to go back and change anything about my layouts. When I do by chance find a typo, I can pretty easily correct in on the jpg or I just don't worry about it. I do keep my web layouts (@250) for a little while...no real reason for it, just makes it easier if I do by chance need to upload it again some time lol.

 

I save the full size as a psd (12x12). If it's a CT layout or challenge, I save it as 600x600 or 700x700 and post on the internet. I usually wait to save the full size jpg when it's time to print. I go through the layouts, fix spelling errors and sometimes add more photos or journaling.

 

I never resize them to 8 x 8 and that's what I print for my books. I send 12 x 12's to the printer. I even get my 12 x 12's printed in 4" x 4" prints (Instagram size) at Walgreens. The bigger the better for any printing.

I just save 1 PSD 12 x 12, 1 12 x 12 JPEG, and 1 550 x 550 for the web.

 

I agree with multi saving the psd and the jpg... why I do that no idea. I hear tif files instead of psd is smaller, but I figure if I am getting close on space on my EHD I will go back to earlier years and delete psd files. For now I have room.

 

I save the .psd until printed, a 12x12 album copy, and a web version (700x700).

 

I save as TIFF instead of pad (smaller file size & no real difference in quality as far as I know) but other than that, same as most 12x12jpeg 300dpi for 8x8 or 10x10 printing & a 72dpi version for galleries ( I really need to delete several years worth of Tiffs but hang on to them til after printing b/cos typo's bug me & I'm not good at seeing them til after the fact!)

 

I don't use PS. I use Paint Shop Pro's native format of pspimage. I did a test once of the same layout in both formats and the PSP format actually was smaller in size than the PSD format so I just keep using it.

As for what I save, I save in 12x12 a pspimage and a jpg. I resze the jpg to 600x600 and smaller than 250kb. I then add the 600x600 image to my spreadsheet of all layouts I've done where I track what I used to do the layouts.

When I have printed 8x8 books, I just upload the 12x12 jpg.

 

Pretty much the same. I save the Tiff file, the 12x12 300dpi, and then the web image. I moved all my kits etc to a hard drive so I still have plenty of hard drive space. I could go back and delete the web images of those that I've already posted, but I haven't yet.

 

I pretty much do the same thing as you @DisneyMom except I don't do the 8x8 size because I print 12x12. I don't mind the extra space saving all three versions takes up because they each have their uses for me, even later on I've gone back to reference each of those files for various reasons. hard drives are cheap!

 

I save 12x12 jpg and psd. I should go through and clean it out, but storage is cheapish. I usually only back up my jpg pages though.

 

I save three versions to begin withe via a free action - 12" layered .psd, 12" 300dpi print version and 72dpi web version. This is the basic option with the ability to edit any of those choices. What I also like a lot is that if I see something or change something after I've done this save, when I run the action again it will override the first save so no version 1, 2 or 3 to confuse me.



At the end of each month if I'm diligent, I delete the web version and after printing I delete the print version. The .psds I keep cause...well cause I do! and yes, EHDs are cheap so none of these are ever saved on my iMac hd even to begin with.

 

When I finish a layout, I save a 12x12 printable version, a 600x600 web version, and the .psd.
12x12 will be my printable version regardless of what size I print - 10x10, 12x12, 8x8, 6x6. All the printers I've used are fine with the larger file
600 x 600 get deleted when I sort my layouts (see below).
.psd I save. I have gone back and "Scraplifted" myself by changing out the photos and a few elements on a PSD to make a new layout quickly. Cheryl @gonewiththewind gave me the idea.

Sorting my layouts:
I store my layouts in a folder called "Desktop Pages". And every so often, I go through and file them from that general folder to my EHD. The EHD has a 2 folders: Finished Pages PSD and Finished Pages jpegs. Inside each is a folder per year since I got my digital camera, and a folder called "Older". As I file the .psd and jpeg, I delete the web files.
I have started, with my last book, moving my jpegs inside a folder called "Printed (book name)" inside the year folder. Because I realized I have no idea what I've printed unless it's PL!

 

I save PSDs, a 12x12 jpg, and my web versions . . . but only for about a year. I don't hold on to PSDs for more than a couple of years because I've been scrapping for a decade and never have I ever wanted to go back to revise one. Well, there was the 2016 MOC assignment to re-do a page that might have made me briefly wish I had the PSD.

And when I go through my somewhat yearly purge of PSDs, I also delete the web versions because not only have I never needed one after I originally made it, it would be easy enough to recreate it, even from a 12x12 JPG. The only thing I save forever is the 12x12 JPG.

I would suggest, if you scrap 12x12, save 12x12 even if you only currently print 8x8. What if someday you decide you'd like to make a 12x12 album for a relative with some pages you made a few years prior?

 

Well, I scrap in 8.5 x 11. I save my psd files, I also create a 300 dpi in jpeg. And then there is the web version. I'll keep both the psd and 300 dpi jpeg forever. About once a year, or whenever I think of it, I'll trash the web version.

I've been a digi-scrapper since 2006 using Photoshop. A few years into it, I was convinced that I needed to trash my psd files because they were taking up too much room. So I did and I regret it to this day. Many of those were heritage layouts, and I could have added / changed info on them if I had the original psd. Like so many people here have said, memory is cheap, get an EHD for your psd files if you are running out of space.

 

After im satisfied with my psd or tiff, i save a 12x12 300 res original
save for web 500x500
save for web 600x600

i dont save my psds. only once or twice in 9 years doing digi have i regretted it. If I were on a CT, however..I would save them for a little while

 

I scrap 12x12, 300 ppi.

I save the *.psd, *.jpg (flatten layers and save), and *_600.jpg (flatten layers, resize to 600 pixels and save). They all go into different directories. I copy the smaller versions to a directory called "All Pages" and use those to sort for my albums. The larger ones are copied to another directory for printing. Those I delete as I print, but the original saved files are left alone.

I have not been printing as I went along; I started digi-scrapping in 2005 and I am wrapping up my 2005 album now, so I haven't yet gotten to where my pages are all printed. I save all the PSDs because I don't notice some typos until after they are printed and I like having the option of fixing and reprinting.

(I guess this is where I mention that I digi-scrap chronologically, usually from most recent to oldest, and I paper-scrap chronologically oldest to most recent, and they are only now starting to overlap. Just to keep things confusing, I Project-Life-App-scrap chronologically from whatever is the oldest photos on my phone -- currently 2016 -- to the most recent. I get a lot of use out of that directory that has all the layouts together in true chronological order!)

 

I like to live on the wild side & the only file I keep permanently is a 12x12 300 DPI JPG.

I save a temporary layered TIFF of my page to my hard drive if I don't finish in one sitting. I save a temporary 700x700 72 DPI to upload to galleries. I delete both within a week or two.