opening new photoshop file and saving as jpeg

hey i've been working around this for a while now but im kind of tired of it.

when im working in photoshop and i hit new... and open a new canvas, why am i only able to save that new file as a small number of file types.. tiff, png, psd, pdf, etc....

all i want to do is save some files as jpegs and i can only do it if i open an existing image... ***?!?!? am i just retarded? what am i missing?

Try changing to RGB from indexed color under image, mode.

It's already set to RGB, so no dice .

Then don't know, every version of photoshop I've had has been able to create a new image and save it as a jpeg... that's pretty much back to '93.

yeah i remember doing it on cs2 but now with cs3 i can't, it really sucks.

Have you tried saving for web?

the color depth for jpeg is 8bit ... try that, it's to the right of the option where you choose RGB when you create a file

you probably have it set to 16bit guessing from the formats you listed ...

PNG is a good example compared to the 8bit GIF, while GIF only has a true/false visibility, PNG gives you a full alfa mask, just a comment

hope it helps

i had the same problem a while back, than i changed the bit # and all ways good.

scathe is a smart man.

saving files in photoshop

Hi, I am using photoshop CS3 as well. When I create a new file using 8 bit and then go to to 'save as' I am offered 20 options, regardless of whether I am using the custom option or any of the presets, even for video output. If you change the bit rate ie from 8 to 16 then you are only offered a few options. As I understand it 16 bit contains alot more image info and therefore there are only few options that can support it. For most purposes 8 bit should be adequate and therefore offer you alot more options