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Deadline Export Confusion

I need a quick, foolproof export for Instagram from a layered PSD: exact pixel size, sRGB, max quality, and smallest f…

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CDecide — “help me choose”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.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

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

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Illustrator / Digital Artist

Questions people ask

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Because you rarely think 'I want the redaction tool'. You think 'I have to share this without leaking the client's details'. Start from the need, and the feature finds you.

Real. Every job here was drawn from what people in real roles were actually seen doing in Photoshop — not a feature checklist.

No. Each page gives you a ready prompt you can paste into an AI assistant, plus the plain steps to do it yourself. Start with either — the goal is the finished job, not the tool.