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GDinWY
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December 11, 2020
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Save a Copy automatically checked

  • 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
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    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 11, 2020

    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
    Participating Frequently
    December 11, 2020

    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.

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    negus48
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    December 11, 2020

     

    As you can see it's the same as your own screen grab. < Save as > (because I'm saving a PSD as a JPG) has "As a copy" already ticked and greyed out, so there doesn't appear to be a choice.

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    negus48
    Participating Frequently
    December 11, 2020

    '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
    c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 11, 2020

    »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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