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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 431635" data-attributes="member: 13090">Just too be clear... Digital images are files and files go into folders. Now, if you have existing files in a folder with the same name as the files you're trying to put into that folder you'll need to re-name the new files (the ones you &quot;doctored&quot; in PSE) or else you'll need to over-write the existing files with the new ones because you can't have two files in the same folder that have the same name. Well, another option would be to re-name the old files but the point is the same; you can't have to files bearing the same name in the same folder (oh, and your Desktop is a folder as far as your computer is concerned). Also, PSE does not &quot;store&quot; files; it catalogs them and allows you to save them pretty much anywhere on your computers hard drive. The catalog is simply an organizational tool of PSE that helps you keep track of your photo's. So yes, if you modify one of your images using PSE and then re-save it without changing the name, you will have over-written your original.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 431635, member: 13090"] Just too be clear... Digital images are [I]files[/I] and files go into [I]folders[/I]. Now, if you have existing files in a folder with the same name as the files you're trying to put into that folder you'll need to re-name the new files (the ones you "doctored" in PSE) or else you'll need to over-write the existing files with the new ones because you can't have two files in the same folder that have the same name. Well, another option would be to re-name the old files but the point is the same; you can't have to files bearing the same name in the same folder (oh, and your Desktop is a folder as far as your computer is concerned). Also, PSE does not "store" files; it catalogs them and allows you to save them pretty much anywhere on your computers hard drive. The catalog is simply an organizational tool of PSE that helps you keep track of your photo's. So yes, if you modify one of your images using PSE and then re-save it without changing the name, you will have over-written your original. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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