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There are situations where I opened up a photo or graphics file, and made 81 modifications to it (crop, adjust color, brightness, contrast, etc, etc), and when I am ok with that file, I use
File -> Save As
to save the file as a new file. But since File -> Save and Save As are so close to each other, there are times that I chose
File -> Save
instead. And my original file is gone. For this
1) Is there a way to bring back the original file easily?
2) I can immediately "Save As" new_pic.jpg and then undo all those 81 steps and then "Save As" again using the original file name.
But are there better ways to handle it when it happens? I think a better way is to first make a copy of that file, and then edit the copy, but usually I don't know I truly want to keep the new file and use Save As, so usually I won't make a copy first.
Since you don't mention which OS/Version you're using this may (or may not) be useful... http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/how-use-file-history
– James Snell – 2014-07-28T08:23:21.450For Windows, see "Versioning files in Windows XP" at http://superuser.com/questions/113545/versioning-files-in-windows-xp
– Arjan – 2010-02-26T13:30:10.290Well, in windows, it does give you an option to overwrite the file if it exists already. So, you just have to make sure you know if that's what you really want. If you still proceeded to overwrite the file then that's what you wanted :). You could also try to 'UNDO' the changes and then save, so you get the file back. – SoftwareGeek – 2010-02-26T18:01:51.963