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Is It Possible To Restore An Image Size?
I was retouching a photo and when I reduced it to web size, I accidentally saved it that way and closed PS without realizing what I'd done. Now I'm stuck with a web-sized image and not the original size. Is it at all possible to restore the original size? I'd hate to have to redo this entire process all over again....... Sep 01 14 05:31 am Link It's possible but it will look like shit. Not enough pixels to extrapolate. Sep 01 14 06:01 am Link I know that which is why the only other option I cited is starting over. I'm "hoping" that there's some autosave feature in photoshop that will allow me to restore an earlier draft. Sep 01 14 06:03 am Link Edit..you did close it...no way to get it back... You can resize it and make it a bit larger but you can't go too far without losing quality... Sep 01 14 06:09 am Link Photography by Sean wrote: bummer. gotta start over.. I don't think autosave will save a separate file.. once you've saved it.. it's done.. The autosave is a backup in case your computer or software crashes not for operator error.. Most all of us have done the same thing, ,at one time or another. Sep 01 14 06:55 am Link that's a definite maybe. photoshop does not overwrite the previous save. it saves a temporary file and when complete, it deletes the original name file and renames the temporary file to the original name. this is a safety feature so if a save fails, it won't trash the original file. so the previous file is only marked as deleted. in theory, if you immediately stop working on the drive and have a file recovery program, you can recover the previous version of the file before anything else overwrites it. this has saved me a few times. when you recover it, of course it gets a new name. Sep 01 14 08:04 am Link DP Sep 01 14 08:07 am Link Losing work sucks, but in my experience, doing it over takes half the time than when you first did it, and in many cases, the work looks better. If it were me, I'd just bite the bullet and do it over again. Sep 01 14 08:36 am Link in case you got windows, right click on the file and go to 'properties' then 'previous versions'. in case you got mac - sorry, donno how to help Sep 01 14 12:30 pm Link Tincture wrote: +1 this Sep 01 14 07:28 pm Link When you close Photoshop it will ask you if want to save changes to the image... Sep 01 14 07:34 pm Link You might get lucky and be able to rescue the original from the camera's card. There are a number of card rescue programs available. Lexar gives you a free download of a card rescue program when you buy one of their cards. Sep 01 14 07:46 pm Link Light and Lens Studio wrote: The OP's issue is not that they don't have the original image. The problem is the file was flattened and saved as a scaled down version for web, so they do not have a high-res version of retouch. Sep 01 14 11:42 pm Link Charger Photography wrote: I'm so in the habit of saving my work every 5 minutes that I inadvertently saved when it asked that. Sep 02 14 10:30 am Link Steven Burnette Retouch wrote: ......I accidentally saved the PSD file by the web size. Sep 02 14 10:31 am Link Photography by Sean wrote: stop that! edit your PSDs and save them, then export your web versions from lightroom. Sep 04 14 11:01 pm Link |
