HOW to convert to JPG in PSE9 PLEASE

I import a RAW (CR2) file into organizer make a few adjustments, choose Full Edit on Fix down arrow, try to do SOMETHING with the background, foreground, ANYTHING. choose Save AS and save EVERY choice there is then take each choice choose SAVE AS and there IS NO JPG. All I want is to save to the highest quality possible for lab printing. I have this book:

The Photoshop Elements 9 Book for Digital Photographers (Voices That Matter) by Snott Kelby & Matt Kloscowski AKA DUMBER & DUMBEST

They do not discuss Converting layers because EVERYONE has owned a previous verssion of PSE & Books & knows layers. NOT ME. Ist PSE. 1st BOOK. I DON'T KNOW $H#% about layers. Whoever recommended this book as THE BEST do me a favor: DON't. I wasted 40 bucks and endless hours because YOU KNEW LAYERS!

Please, I just want to convert to a high quality JPG for lab printing. Takes me less than 5 mins in DPP & ZB but I cannot work the background in those.[And why, when I adjust Brighness in DPP & make a few other adjustments, save as RAW or TIF, import to PSE9, does PSE9 make it DARK AS SIN AGAIN & undo my other adjustments?

Thanks for your help. Excuse the bold. Copied from Amazon and it will not let me remove bold. And YES I intentionally misspelled tthe authors' names. They are arrogant PRIC&$, IMO. & WHY do they say SAVE AS DNG when there IS NO DNG? BECAUSE THEY ARE DINGY!!!

Gil
got rid of the bold

You have to convert to 8 bits per channel using, I believe, Image/Mode. That will enable you to convert to a jpeg! Also, for "general" sharing, use Image/Convert to convert to the sRGB color space if you are not already there...

tonylong wrote in post #11533265
You have to convert to 8 bits per channel using, I believe, Image/Mode. That will enable you to convert to a jpeg! Also, for "general" sharing, use Image/Convert to convert to the sRGB color space if you are not already there...

PSEp will not allow edits until you convert to 8 bit. Neither will ZB. I think the default is sRGB which is a pain because the lab uses RGB not sRGB. Adobe & these authors are arrogant beyond belief. But thank you for your suggestions.
Gil

Gil Bean wrote in post #11533321
PSEp will not allow edits until you convert to 8 bit. Neither will ZB. I think the default is sRGB which is a pain because the lab uses RGB not sRGB. Adobe & these authors are arrogant beyond belief. But thank you for your suggestions.
Gil

But, if you convert to 8 bits, you should be able to save as a jpeg. Are you saying you can't do that?

PSE can do lots of different edits on 16-bit images, but you must convert to 8 bit to apply adjustment layers. If you try to add an adjustment layer to a 16-bit image, PSE will complain and offer to convert the image for you.

I suspect that whatever lab you use can accept TIFFs. I occasionally print at WalMart and always take in TIFFs with no trouble (although I have found that their machines won't read 16-bit TIFFs so I make sure they are 8-bit first).

As I'm sure you know, RAW "editing" is notdestructive. ACR and DPP can't read each others edits, so edits made in one program won't be seen by the other. If you want to edit in DPP and then transfer to PSE, save the file as a TIFF.

ACR will save as DNG if you select that option; DPP doesn't know anything about the DNG format.

I have found lots of information about layers in Scott's book. I'm not sure what you mean by "converting layers." What is it you would like to know? Maybe we can help.

Oh, yeah ... follow Tony's advice and you will be able to select JPG as one of the Save option.

Loads of PSE tutorials here:

http://www.photokaboom​.com/_htm_menus/PSE_me​nu.htm

Gil Bean wrote in post #11533084
And why, when I adjust Brighness in DPP & make a few other adjustments, save as RAW or TIF, import to PSE9, does PSE9 make it DARK AS SIN AGAIN & undo my other adjustments?

When you adjust brightness or make any other edit in DPP, you have to do a "convert and save" in order to save your edits in such a way that other apps will see them.