after editing photos

[mflores2423]

after im done editing my photos do i still keep the original or can i just delete them??

 

[subscuck]

I always keep originals. I archive them as TIFFs. I also archive the edited version as a .PSD.

 

[Aerr]

You should keep the originals because you might come back later with more editing experience and skill and take another shot at it.

 

[WesternGuy]

after im done editing my photos do i still keep the original or can i just delete them??

I always keep my originals - wouldn't dream of getting rid of them. You never know when new advances in "processing" technology will come along and you will say - "I know just the image I could use that on!" - take for example the recent introduction of "Content Aware Fill" in Photoshop. If you delete them, then you have lost that "original" record" - maybe that is not important to you, but it is sure important to me.

Cheers,

WesternGuy

 

[pixilstudio]

originals.... after a year i dont even care about the jpegs any more. PP skills and software are always getting better

 

[Forkie]

Always keep originals. You never know, you might want to revisit it.

 

[480sparky68 67]

ALWAYS keep the originals.

 

[KenC]

If you had a negative or a slide as an original, would you burn it?

 

[bazooka]

If you don't feel like you need to keep the original, then you probably don't need to keep the modified version either.

 

[jmurphy]

Like everyone else i always keep the originals.

 

[rlemert]

If you keep the original you can always reproduce the final. If all you have is the final copy, there is no way to go back and reproduce the original.

 

[Vtec44]

I have two 3 TB drives mirroring each other to backup all my RAW files. So yes, I keep the original files and back them up too!