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Never mind how I got myself into this mess but I have a bridal portrait I worked on in CS4 with Nik plugins after a raw conversion from NEF to TIF via Capture NX2. The file size is 164.8M. I assume the file size is killing me but I can't save the file as JPG and I can't convert to 8 bit. The bride is a friend and on a REALLY tight budget (I did the pic for free and I'm definitely no Pro). She intends to have it printed by MPIX and their site says they need 8 bit and prefer JPEG to tiff.

Any thoughts on how to convert to 8 bit?
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Brian Gritt
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'Leap into the boundless and make it your home!' --Chuang-Tzu
 
In CS4 go to the 'image' menu and look for 'mode'. Select the 8-bits option and presto, you have an 8-bit image. You should now be able to save said image as a JPEG. The JPEG file size will be significantly smaller than the TIFF version - I gurantee it.

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I'd save as a PSD file before doing anything so not to lose your work. If mutiple layers, I'd then flatten and then convert to 8bit to save as a JPG. If it still won't work can you save it as a "COPY" and then flatten, etc.?

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That's the thing....I should have note that the 8 bit option is grayed out. Can't select it.

Ideas why?

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Brian Gritt
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You may be having memory problems with the large layered file. Try going to Edit - Purge - Purge All which will free up some RAM for you to work with. You may have to flatten in stages by using Flatten Visible and choose the layers you wish to flatten.
Hope this helps
Claude
 
Image flattened fine but still can't get to 8 bit.

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Brian Gritt
FCAS Member #126

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When you go to Image/Mode/ I take it it shows as RGB Color not Multichannel?

Cheers, Tony.
 
Can you save what you have as PSD or multilayer tiff; reboot PC; re-open Photoshop; re-open image and see if it will now behave?

Finally, after the previous multilayer save is safely under your belt, re-open; flatten then try 8-bit conversion.

I am not trying to teach my Gran to suck eggs, just thinking what I would try.

Cheers, Tony.
 
Another thing you might try is, after safely saving what you now have, resize the image to about 1/2 linear size and see if will now respond, in which case it will probably me a memory size problem or the Photoshop workspace setting (which you can alter).

Cheers, Tony.
 
Tried all suggestions and no luck. I also tried opening the tiff file in Capture NX2 to see if I could convert there. NX2 produced an error and said cannot open....file.

Looks like I may be starting over. I accidentally saved the flattened image over the layered one...not my brightest moment.
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Brian Gritt
FCAS Member #126

'Leap into the boundless and make it your home!' --Chuang-Tzu
 
No idea what would cause such a strange issue but I'm going to cut my losses and go back to the drawing board...while I still remember what I did.
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Brian Gritt
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