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Opening file/photo
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03-05-2019, 09:16 AM (This post was last modified: 03-05-2019, 09:17 AM by rich2005.)
(03-05-2019, 09:02 AM)Pieter Johan Botha Wrote: Am I right assuming that when I open a photo as layer that the original photo is safe from any changes made on the layer?
Yes and No. The image is held in memory so the original (as a file on disk) is unaltered providing you do not export / save using the same file name / file format

But over the years many horror stories from users not paying enough attention.
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Opening file/photo - by Pieter Johan Botha - 03-05-2019, 09:02 AM
RE: Opening file/photo - by rich2005 - 03-05-2019, 09:16 AM
RE: Opening file/photo - by Pieter Johan Botha - 03-05-2019, 09:35 AM
RE: Opening file/photo - by rich2005 - 03-05-2019, 09:47 AM
RE: Opening file/photo - by Ofnuts - 03-05-2019, 11:37 AM
RE: Opening file/photo - by Pieter Johan Botha - 03-07-2019, 11:56 AM
RE: Opening file/photo - by techie1484 - 03-08-2019, 08:26 AM
RE: Opening file/photo - by techie1484 - 03-10-2019, 03:24 PM
RE: Opening file/photo - by FlutteringBy - 03-10-2019, 06:33 PM
RE: Opening file/photo - by techie1484 - 03-11-2019, 05:18 AM

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