Opening file/photo

[Pieter Johan Botha]

(03-05-2019, 09:16 AM)rich2005 Wrote:

(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.

Ok, so my safest option is the age-old save as route and use my usual file naming as in xxxxoriginal.*** and xxxxwork.***

I usually keep originals and working copies in different directories for safety - schlepp, but it seems to be the the best way to go, and not rely on 'open as layer' option only.

Thanks.