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Jan 8, 2018 01:19:18   #
anotherview Loc: California
 
Yes, if considering JPEG files. If the photographer overwrites a JPEG file when saving edits to it, then these saved edits change the JPEG file itself permanently.

It occurs to me , however, that in Photoshop, the photographer can undo the history of changes to a file. I suppose undoing changes would return the JPEG file to the state before changes. Then the photographer could save the file to restore it to its original state.

RAW files store changes to them but the original stays intact. The photographer can always reset a RAW file to its original state --
or yes, make a second copy of it to work on.
Jeffers wrote:
Anotherview hit on a really important point. You should never process an original. Keep your originals in a separate folder and process working copies. If you screw one up you can dump it and start over on another copy of the original. If you process an original and screw it up, there's no recovery. You can dump the originals when you have a final edition of your working copies. Even in Elements, you should never work on an original layer. Make a copy of it (Ctrl+J) and work on the layer copy. Same rule applies: if you screw up the layer, dump it and start over. No harm, no foul.
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Jan 8, 2018 19:43:18   #
ski Loc: West Coast, USA
 
I'm not one for directions. I learned by trial and error. Stays in the brain longer.

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Jan 8, 2018 21:47:52   #
John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN
 
Photoshop has a history panel in which all operations are recorded. But once you have saved the file, the history panel will have but one entry. When I was doing Photoshop for serious I kept all files as "Save As."


anotherview wrote:


It occurs to me , however, that in Photoshop, the photographer can undo the history of changes to a file. I suppose undoing changes would return the JPEG file to the state before changes. Then the photographer could save the file to restore it to its original state.


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Jan 13, 2018 15:34:25   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
Get a book, there are many books spoken in this thread or better, watch youtube. There are videos about everything.

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