I've been playing with PS on a pic for the for sale section. Just simple things like adding text and circling parts.
Anyway, I got it all edited and saved but now I can't open the pic with any other program except PS.
When I try to upload the image to Photobucket I get this message;

"The file "SWPpullies002 numbered.PSD" does not have a valid image extension.
Valid image extensions are: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, bmp, swf."

How do I change the image extension from PSD to one of the accepted formats?

open it back up in PS, then "save as" a jpeg or whatever you wanna save it as.

open it back up in PS, then "save as" a jpeg or whatever you wanna save it as.


That's the problem. When I choose "save as" the only option it gives me says "Photoshop (*.PSD;*.PDD)".

I think you have to flatten the layers before it'll let you save it in any other format.

Oh boy, I'm in over my head...again. LOL

How do I flatten the layers? What layers...?

I don't remember how, but there's a menu for layers and you can flatten layers :D. The PSD file is more than a picture, it holds all sorts of information about what you've pasted in and such.. it's like a whole workspace and history.

You shouldn't have to flatten the layers to save as a jpeg. As stated, go to "save as" and then in the drop down menu choose jpeg. If you feel you must flatten the layers. You can do that under "Layer" then "Flatten Image" but again I don't think that should be necesarry. What version of PS are you using?

AH< is it a trial version?

Version 5.0 LE
Good? Bad?

On the "save as" drop down menu I've only got the one option,
(Photoshop *.PSD;*.PDD)".

There should be more options then, right?

I try flattening if I can figure it out...

Found the Flatten image. It worked! Now I have multiple options on the drop down menu.
Thanks everybody!

bw4sale; How do you post a screen shot like that?

press print scrn button, then go to paint and select paste from the drop down menu and save.