photoshop elements 4 and psd files

Hello all,
i have a question regarding quality. My digital camera captures jpgs, then i import into pse4. PSE4 in return offers to fix the redeyes, and saves the pictures in a stack, with the most recent having the word "edited" in the name. I have read on the web that saving and resaving jpgs we loose quality. My question is: Is there a way to tell pse4 to automatically save the adjustments in psd format? so from there onwards we will work on the psd files with less loss in quality. Another question: pse4 saves into jpg adding the word edited to the original filename when i choose autofix. When i go to quick or standard edit ,then when i save it asks me about quality etc. Can i skip this step, and maybe just click save, and will automatically create a file with the edited word in the filename, drop to the pictures browser again? Is there a shortcut? I there a default setting?

Thanks for listening.

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Hello all,
i have a question regarding quality. My digital camera captures jpgs, then i import into pse4. PSE4 in return offers to fix the redeyes, and saves the pictures in a stack, with the most recent having the word "edited" in the name. I have read on the web that saving and resaving jpgs we loose quality. My question is: Is there a way to tell pse4 to automatically save the adjustments in psd format? so from there onwards we will work on the psd files with less loss in quality. Another question: pse4 saves into jpg adding the word edited to the original filename when i choose autofix. When i go to quick or standard edit ,then when i save it asks me about quality etc. Can i skip this step, and maybe just click save, and will automatically create a file with the edited word in the filename, drop to the pictures browser again? Is there a shortcut? I there a default setting?

Thanks for listening.

Hi.

Import your files into Elements, and before doing anything got to "File" then "Save As" and choose PSd as the file type in the drop down list.
You can still use the same name as the camera gave the file, because it will have a different Icon.

Do your editing on a Copy of the PSD, add "-1" to its title, so that if you make a muck of it, you can go back and restart on another copy.
I do not recommend you use Auto Fix, it is much better to select what needs doing, and doing it for yourself

Roy G.

Hi.

Import your files into Elements, and before doing anything got to "File" then "Save As" and choose PSd as the file type in the drop down list.

You can still use the same name as the camera gave the file, because it will have a different Icon.

Do your editing on a Copy of the PSD, add "-1" to its title, so that if you make a muck of it, you can go back and restart on another copy.
I do not recommend you use Auto Fix, it is much better to select what needs doing, and doing it for yourself

Roy G.

Hi.

Import your files into Elements, and before doing anything got to "File" then "Save As" and choose PSd as the file type in the drop down list.
You can still use the same name as the camera gave the file, because it will have a different Icon.

Do your editing on a Copy of the PSD, add "-1" to its title, so that if you make a muck of it, you can go back and restart on another copy.
I do not recommend you use Auto Fix, it is much better to select what needs doing, and doing it for yourself

Roy G.

So Roy, if I understand correctly, your workflow method would result in at least two files for every photo, xyz.jpg and xyz1.psd? Thanks. jor