‘Removing ‘copy’ suffix during save, CS2

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Gavin_Smith
May 17, 2005
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Hi. I just updated from Photoshop CS to CS2, and have one thing that I’d like back to the way it was. When saving an image as a jpg, gif, etc. the image name will automatically have the suffix ‘copy’ to it during saving. CS did not have this in my experience. Is there any way to change this? Help is much appreciated – Thanks in advance. 🙂
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dave_milbut
May 17, 2005
I think if you hold the alt key down you get "copy" added. like when you do alt-f-A for file save as… i’ve seen it pop up if you hold the alt down too long. make sure you let go of the alt before hitting the A.
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Gavin_Smith
May 17, 2005
I’m just using File > Save (as) to save, not using the shortcut. I don’t think that can be it…
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chrisjbirchall
May 17, 2005
So Dave, it would seem Alt-F-A has sweet F A to do with it. <grin>

Gavin. If during your edit, you created an Alpha channel or some other feature which is not supported in a jpeg, Save-As will save a flattened copy of the file and append the word ‘copy’ to the file name. This is to give you an opportunity of saving the unflattened version as a PSD or TIFF.

Chris.
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Gavin_Smith
May 19, 2005
How would I have created an ‘Alpha channel’?
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Danny Raphael
May 19, 2005
I’ve found that if I’ve opened a file (any format) and do any of the following, choosing Save as… (.jpg) appends "copy" to the file name:
* Added a layer mask to any layer
* Created an adjustment layer
* Executed a Select > Save selection… command, or
* Added or duplicated a channel

So, having done any combination of the above (or something else completely) could explain the results you’re getting.

I’m running PS 7, so to my knowledge it’s a CS2 "feature," not a bug! 🙂
GS
Gavin_Smith
May 19, 2005
Hmm… Thanks, then.. It’s just wierd that it never happened in CS, but has happened every time I’ve saved in CS2. Oh well…

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