Linking jpeg images in layers in to the original jpeg file

Background:
Briefly, I'm putting together a flyer for a guy who sells radio control boats. Some of his boat images aren't so good, so I'm working with them (ie using graduated filters to liven them up a bit), saving the finished image as a jpeg, opening the jpeg and dragging the image into a new layer in my original work...hopefully this makes sense.

Problem/Question:
If the jpeg doesn't work right I have to go back to square one and recreate the jpeg and drag it back into the work again - there a quite a few images that need work. This got me wondering...is it possible to somehow link the jpeg in a layer to the original jpeg on my c: so I see the changes instantly on saving?

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Background:
Briefly, I'm putting together a flyer for a guy who sells radio control boats. Some of his boat images aren't so good, so I'm working with them (ie using graduated filters to liven them up a bit), saving the finished image as a jpeg, opening the jpeg and dragging the image into a new layer in my original work...hopefully this makes sense.

Problem/Question:
If the jpeg doesn't work right I have to go back to square one and recreate the jpeg and drag it back into the work again - there a quite a few images that need work. This got me wondering...is it possible to somehow link the jpeg in a layer to the original jpeg on my c: so I see the changes instantly on saving?

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keep your working files in psd format and in layers
make new jpegs using "save for web" each time
if you save jpg over jpg repeatedly you will see a lot of image degradation (artifacts) as it compresses already compressed info, not to mention you cannot save cutout areas, adjust later etc.

You may be referring to Smart Objects in CS2: the layer will refer back to the original file rather than the embedded sample.
You should never resave as a jpeg an image you intend to further process. Save those original jpegs once opened as psd files and process them losslessly. Do not convert back to jpeg until your final step.

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Background:
Briefly, I'm putting together a flyer for a guy who sells radio control boats. Some of his boat images aren't so good, so I'm working with them (ie using graduated filters to liven them up a bit), saving the finished image as a jpeg, opening the jpeg and dragging the image into a new layer in my original work...hopefully this makes sense.

Problem/Question:
If the jpeg doesn't work right I have to go back to square one and recreate the jpeg and drag it back into the work again - there a quite a few images that need work. This got me wondering...is it possible to somehow link the jpeg in a layer to the original jpeg on my c: so I see the changes instantly on saving?

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As others have said, Save_As PSD, then Save_As JPG for the flier. If Smart Objects does not give what you want, you may wish to do the flier layout in InDesign, as it does Link the image. Link to PSD and then do the sizing in ID. It is also a lot easier to set your type in, than is Photoshop. This assumes, however, that you have InDesign.

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Briefly, I'm putting together a flyer for a guy who sells radio control boats. Some of his boat images aren't so good, so I'm working with them (ie using graduated filters to liven them up a bit), saving the finished image as a jpeg, opening the jpeg and dragging the image into a new layer in my original work...hopefully this makes sense.

You are already making two mistakes.

First, you should not do brochures in Photoshop. This is a job for a page layout program, not an image editing program.

Second, why are you saving your files as JPEG? You should *never* save an image as JPEG unless you have a clear, detailed, and very good reason why it HAS to be JPEG and no other image format will work.

JPEG is lossy. When you save a JPEg, the quality of the image is degraded. When you open a JPEG and save it again, the quality is degraded again. This degradation is cumulative and irreversible. Why are oyu using JPEG instead of TIFF or some other non-degraded format?

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keep your working files in psd format and in layers
make new jpegs using "save for web" each time

Better yet, do not use JPEG at all. For a flyer, there is absolutely no reason whatsoever why the original poster should ever be saving JPEG images.

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