Saving as:bug?

[OldNick]

I think this is a multi-version thing.

I open a file from the camera (jpg). I work on it. I save as pspimage.

Then I do a lot of work and save as jpg.

Now I am pretty sure that if I save as jpg, then as usual I am working with the new file (jpg)

BUT, if I use the jpeg Optimiser, and save using that, I seem to keep working with the pspinage, which I don't want to do, because it's not "standard".

Anyone else comment on this?

Thanks for help.

I am actually starting to post answers here, and not just ask.

Nick

[handrawn]

is the difference that the optimiser is really exporting rather than saving?

[Trev]

When you save the JPEG from the optimiser it creates a jpeg and saves it it does not close the working image and reopen the Jpeg. The open image is as was so still a Raster bitmap but when last saved was a PSP image so at the end of any changes you would be asked if you which to save the something.pspimage unless you use save as or save copy.

[coningham]

That's actually a smarter feature of PSP than one would think.
You should only save as a .jpg file after all work has been done, since every time you re-save a .jpg it gets compressed, which means that it loses quality.
So what PSP does is it saves a copy in the optimized format (with a set compression value) and lets you work on the still open, non-compressed one.

[OldNick]

That's actually a smarter feature of PSP than one would think.
You should only save as a .jpg file after all work has been done, since every time you re-save a .jpg it gets compressed, which means that it loses quality.
So what PSP does is it saves a copy in the optimized format (with a set compression value) and lets you work on the still open, non-compressed one.

Thanks for the replies.

OK. Yes. I usually work like that, for that reason. But if I _don't_ use the optimiser, I _do_ get the jpeg, so it seems incomsistant.

If I save to jpg without the Optimiser, having worked with a pspimage, then I am presented with the jpg, not the pspimage. And even if I do not use the optimiser, each change and save will still cause degradation, or so I understand it.

The reason I would want the jpeg is for instance if I was posting to the web. My image size is way too big, so all I want to do is resize and save the smaller version. So I save without resizing, from pspimage to jpg using the optimiser (out of habit) and I am still working with the pspimage....resize and save and bam! there goes my pspimage.

Anyway I know it's there, so I will work with it. I was just interested in the thoughts behind it.

Nick