Does Photoshop recompress jpegs when writing XMP metadata?

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karihi
Dec 28, 2004
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Hi,

A newbie question: In theory, is there a loss of jpg quality each time adding or editing keywords for jpg-files in Photoshop CS?
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Bob Williams
Dec 30, 2004
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Hi,

A newbie question: In theory, is there a loss of jpg quality each time adding or editing keywords for jpg-files in Photoshop CS?

NO!
Only if you make some change to the image.
Just opening and closing an image or renaming it does not change the image file.
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