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Jools457
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November 3, 2024

Duplicate 'Copy' jpeg images a waste of time and space!

  • November 3, 2024
  • 2 replies
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Dear Sirs
Can you please tell me why, when adding some further information like borders and titles, to a hi-res jpeg file I can, no longer, just 'save' the additional work into the original jpeg as was possible before your IT guys got to it?  To save the amended file I now have to, 'Save a Copy' which means I then have two files the same file other than the additional work in the latter version!  This is not only stupid but it's additionaly time consuming and a waste of computer hard-drve space and my time!  This is just a total nonsnse which makes no sense what-so-ever; it's totally pointless and a ******* waste of time and gets me in a fume everytime!  Please, please, please bring back, 'Save' as it was; ie just saving additional work to a jpeg file!
Creating extra work to 'Save' a file isn't clever; your IT guys need to clamber down off their high-horses and get real for the real World!

2 replies

Bojan Živković11378569
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 4, 2024

First of all, resaving a JPEG file is not without cost; it will always apply a lossy algorithm when saving, which will slightly degrade quality. Multiple resaves may significantly reduce image quality.

davescm
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 3, 2024

Try and keep the tone in line with our community guidelines.

Save is set up to save directly provided the format supports all the features of your document. Additional layers are not supported by jpeg, hence the use of Save a copy to avoid you inadvertently losing those layers.

If you prefer the older behavior, you can enable that legacy method in Preferences > File Handling.

 

Dave