How Do I restore a photo to it's original format

[Guest]

A couple days ago I made some changes to a photo in MS Photo Editor, saved
them, made some more changes and saved again and again. Now I don't like what
I did and want to go back to the very beginning.... back to the original
state the photo was in before I started messing with it. I thought I could do
a system restore to a prior date, but that didn't work, the photo is still
reflecting all the changes I made. There HAS TO BE A WAY to go back and
restore the file to it's original state..... can someone walk me thru that
process PLEASE!

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Sorry, no. Short of extremely good luck with a data recovery tool like R-TT
(not cheap and not really very promising for this case), that original file
is gone forever. Sorry to be a killjoy, but this is why pros never edit
originals, only copies of the original.

 

[Bob I]

Take the camera to the spot the picture was taken, turn it on,.....

 

[Ghostrider]

A couple days ago I made some changes to a photo in MS Photo Editor, saved
them, made some more changes and saved again and again. Now I don't like what
I did and want to go back to the very beginning.... back to the original
state the photo was in before I started messing with it. I thought I could do
a system restore to a prior date, but that didn't work, the photo is still
reflecting all the changes I made. There HAS TO BE A WAY to go back and
restore the file to it's original state..... can someone walk me thru that
process PLEASE!

If the original photo file is still in the camera, then all is
OK. That would be the original. In the future, consider backing
up the memory card in the camera and retain the backup as the
permanent archive of the pictures taken. (Having 2 backups is
better). It would be just like going to the corner drugstore and
taking advantage of its kiosk to make cdroms of pictures in the
camera.

 

[Curt Christianson]

Good to see you here at XP.gen. Gary.

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| Sorry, no. Short of extremely good luck with a data recovery tool like
R-TT
| (not cheap and not really very promising for this case), that original
file
| is gone forever. Sorry to be a killjoy, but this is why pros never edit
| originals, only copies of the original.
|
| --
| Gary S. Terhune
| MS MVP -- Shell/User
| http://grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
| http://grystmill.com/articles/security.htm
|
| | > A couple days ago I made some changes to a photo in MS Photo Editor,
saved
| > them, made some more changes and saved again and again. Now I don't like
| what
| > I did and want to go back to the very beginning. ...backtotheoriginal
| > state the photo was in before I started messing with it. I thought I
could
| do
| > a system restore to a prior date, but that didn't work, the photo is
still
| > reflecting all the changes I made. There HAS TO BE A WAY to go back and
| > restore the file to it's original state..... can someone walk me thru
that
| > process PLEASE!
|
|

 

[Bruce Chambers]

A couple days ago I made some changes to a photo in MS Photo Editor, saved
them, made some more changes and saved again and again. Now I don't like what
I did and want to go back to the very beginning.... back to the original
state the photo was in before I started messing with it. I thought I could do
a system restore to a prior date, but that didn't work, the photo is still
reflecting all the changes I made.

No, of course not. System Restore, as its name makes clear, is for
returning *system* files and settings to an earlier state; it's not
intended to have any affect on data files.

There HAS TO BE A WAY to go back and
restore the file to it's original state.....

Only if you took the standard precaution of archiving a backup copy of
the original file *before* starting your alternations, or if you saved
each subsequent "version" with a different file name so you wouldn't
over-write the orginal.


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[Gary S. Terhune]

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