Photoshop Elements >
Preserve Your Original File
You don't want to save an edited
version of an original file—over the original file.
To insure that you preserve your original files, read on.
Photoshop File
By default, Photoshop Elements will save your edited
photograph using the Photoshop file format (psd).
You'll have two files on your hard drive.
1) Grand_Canyon.jpg—your original
2) Grand_Canyon.psd—the edited version
Your original file is preserved.
iPhoto Users
If you're using iPhoto, save the Photoshop file to your
Desktop.
Then, go to iPhoto, and import the Photoshop file into iPhoto.
Go to
Saving Files / Using iPhoto.
Save as a JPEG
So, you now have your original file and a Photoshop file on
your hard drive.
You'll probably want to save the edited photograph using the JPEG file
format, as well.
Choose the appropriate selection from the menu below.
1 - Windows:
Using the Organizer
1) Go to File > Save As, or press Shift + Ctrl + s.
The Save As window will open.
2) Locate the Format box and change the file format from Photoshop
to JPEG.
3) If you select Include in the Organizer, your edited photograph will appear in the Organizer.
4) If you select Save in Version Set with the Original,
your edited photograph will be grouped with its original in the
Organizer.
5) Click OK.
When using the Organizer, you don't have to worry about
copying over the original file.
By default, copy
is added to the file name.
Or, if you're saving the edited photograph in a version
set, _edited-1 is appended.
Therefore, the original file isn't copied over.
6) A JPEG Options window will open, prompting you to select a
quality level from 1 through 12.
Use 12 to preserve as much image information as possible.
7) Click OK.
2 - Windows:
Not Using the Organizer
1) Go to File > Save As, or press Shift + Ctrl + s.
The Save As window will open.
2) Locate the Format box and change the file format from Photoshop
to JPEG.
3) If selected, deselect Include in the Organizer.
4) If selected, deselect Save in Version Set with the Original.
5) Don't save the edited version of Grand_Canyon.jpg
over the original file.
Look for Save:, and then select As a Copy.
Or, append -edited
to the file name.
By changing the file name, your original will be preserved.
6) Click OK.
7) A JPEG Options window will open, prompting you to select a
quality level from 1 through 12.
Use 12 to preserve as much image information as possible.
8) Click OK.
3 - Mac:
Using iPhoto
If you're in iPhoto, make a duplicate of the
file right away.
Go to
Opening Files / Using iPhoto.
Doing so simplifies saving the file.
If the file is already open in Photoshop Elements,
but not yet edited, close it.
Go back to iPhoto and make a duplicate of the file.
Then, open the duplicate in Photoshop Elements.
Doing so simplifies saving the file.
Go to
Opening Files / Using iPhoto.
4 - Mac:
Not Using iPhoto
1) Go to File > Save As, or press Shift + Cmd + s.
The Save As window will open.
2) Locate the Format box in the Save As window, and change the
file format from Photoshop to JPEG.
3) Don't save the edited version of Grand_Canyon.jpg
over the original file.
Append -edited
to the file name.
By changing the file name, your original will be preserved.
4) Click Save.
5) A JPEG Options window will open, prompting you to select a
quality level from 1 through 12.
Use 12 to preserve as much image information as possible.
6) Click OK.
