Deadline Export Confusion

Deadline Export Confusion in Adobe Photoshop — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

An Instagram deadline is tonight and the client specified exact pixel dimensions and sRGB but I always fumble the export settings under pressure.

1 ready prompt

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I need a quick, foolproof export for Instagram from a layered PSD: exact pixel size, sRGB, max…
I need a quick, foolproof export for Instagram from a layered PSD: exact pixel size, sRGB, max quality, and smallest file under client constraints. Tell me the exact sequence of export settings to hit so I don't have to second-guess compression, plus one quick check I can do before I hit export that will catch colour-profile mistakes.

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Illustrator / Digital ArtistAdobe Photoshop

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