Can I recover original photo after editing and saving with xnview?

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aldos
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Can I recover original photo after editing and saving with xnview?

Post by aldos »

Good day!
I change my photo and save it with xnview. Can I recover original photo? Or show original of it (if xnview save it how temporary files).
thanks a lot for your help
cday
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Re: Can I recover original photo after editing and saving with xnview?

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aldos wrote:I changed my photo and saved it with xnview. Can I recover the original photo? Or show original of it (if xnview save it how temporary files).
You saved the photo with the same filename and extension, presumably?

If the photo is still open in XnView [when you start XnView again, if necessary] you should I think be able to use Edit > Undo [multiple times if necessary] to reverse the changes since the photo was opened originally.

Otherwise, I don't think the original photo can be recovered... :(

Always work with copies of original files when there is any possibility of needing to return to the original image... :wink:
aldos
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Re: Can I recover original photo after editing and saving with xnview?

Post by aldos »

I think what Xnvew do copies of original files as temporary files or thumbs. Sad.
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