Degrading Question?

[Ron Kruger]

I have leanred from you good people that I degrade a JPEG each time I open and save it, but with both PSE 7 and Light Roon 2.2 that I'm testing, when I bring one in, editor it and then save it under a new name, the original is still in my files, along with the new one I just created. Does this mean the original JPEG is simply being copied and has not been degraded?

[GB1]

Ron -

yes! Your original is exactly the same as it was before as long as you don't save and overwrite it.

If you wanted to handle it even better, the original should be in a loseless format, like your native camera's RAW format. You can edit it and save as JPEG using a different name for every iteration.

G

[readingr]

Ron,

I posted a couple of images showing the data lost using JPEG v TIFF in your other thread.

JPEG Compression Particulars

Roger R.

[Ron Kruger]

Thanks, guys. That's what I figured, but I wanted to make absolutely sure.