Save a Copy automatically checked

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
December 11, 2020
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Does anyone know how to keep this from happening? It started doing a couple versions ago, and it is driving me mad! Any Help would me much appreciated.

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c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Please provide some menaingful information.

Are you trying to save a layered image in a format that does not support layers, like jpg?

Could you please post screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Channels, Options Bar, …) visible?

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negus48

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I was not editing jpegs I was saving layers as JPGs. Been doing it for years and it always worked. Very quick to do and productive. I first created a high res PSD to add and manage the layers. Then saved each layer as separate JPG for a website. Nothing wrong with the quality of the final JPGs, just that it would only save as a copy and adds the word "copy" on the filename, which has to then be manually removed or it ruins the links in the website. ie you can no longer save a JPG by overwriting the old JPG without it calling it a copy.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

»I was not editing jpegs«

You specifically wrote

»If you are editing jpegs for a website«

so it seems understandable that I assumed you were talking about actually editing jpgs.

»Then saved each layer as separate JPG for a website.«

Have you considered using File > Export > Layers to Files or a custom Script to create the jpgs?

Anyway, seems there is a lengthy bug report-thread on what sounds like your issue:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/photoshop-saving-copy-not-saving-over-jpg-file/5f5f46014b561a3d426de6cd

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negus48

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'Save as' now insists on it being a copy. Instead of <filenam.jpg> it insists on saving it as <filename copy.jpg> creating two files. If you are editing jpegs for a website it screws up all the links. For the past 30 years you were able to overwrite the old file maintaining the integrity of the filenames. Who decided this was a good idea? And why?

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

»Who decided this was a good idea? And why?«

Who decided that what was a good idea?

Please provide meaningful information and post meaningful screenshots.

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