Save, at the top right of the editor, asks what to do with the edited photo: replace the original, or keep the original and add the edited one as a new photo.
01 · The two choices
Overwrite the original
The photo file itself is replaced. Possible for JPEG, PNG and WebP photos; for other kinds the choice says Not possible for this kind of file. Android may ask you to allow the change. The photo keeps its date, camera and place.
Save as a copy
The original stays exactly as it was, and the edited photo becomes a new one. A message says where it went, for example Saved as DCIM/Camera/IMG_2041-edited.jpg.
02 · Where a copy goes, and where you see it
Figure 1 — the original keeps its own date; the copy is dated when you save it, so it is the first photo in your list.
- Next to the original. The copy is saved in the same folder, with -edited added to the name. If Android does not allow a new photo in that folder, it goes into the first of your synced folders that takes it, DCIM first, so the app always finds it.
- Dated now. The copy's date is the moment you saved it, so it is the first photo in your list, under Today, even when the original is years old.
- Camera and place kept. The copy carries the camera and the place of the original, so it still shows on the map.
- The same people. When the copy's faces are read, each face gets the name of the matching face in the original, with nothing for you to name again. Your tags are not copied.
03 · After you save
- The viewer stays on the photo you edited.
- A sync starts by itself. An overwritten photo is read again by Opensolr, since its picture changed; a copy is a new photo and is indexed like any other.
- A photo too large to edit at full size on the phone is edited smaller, and the save dialog says at what size.