What Is The Criteria For "Must Be Saved As A Copy"?

I am using Photoshop 7.0.1. When I edit my images, I work in native Photoshop PSD format and when I'm finished I save it in JPG format. Sometimes Photoshop lets me save my work under "filename.jpg" and other times it insists on renaming it "filenamecopy.jpg". I am trying to figure out why the difference?

Thank you.

Could be layers.

Bob

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I am using Photoshop 7.0.1. When I edit my images, I work in native Photoshop PSD format and when I'm finished I save it in JPG format. Sometimes Photoshop lets me save my work under "filename.jpg" and other times it insists on renaming it "filenamecopy.jpg". I am trying to figure out why the difference?

If not all the data in the document can be saved using the file format you chose, the 'as a copy' behavior gets invoked. For example, you cannot save layers in a JPEG, therefore if you try and save a layered document as a JPEG, it need be as a copy.

Photoshop CS improves this behavior by not insisting on adding 'copy' to the file name unless a file already exists with the file name without 'copy' included.

--marc