save, Save, SAVE

[Scrapbird]

It amazes me how often I have to learn this little lesson.

I just spent over an hour painstakingly using the clone stamp tool and the healing brush to remove a big black transmission wire from across a photo of Arcos in southern Spain, zooming in to pixel level and back out to see how it looked, over and over. I have to say it turned out great, but you'll never see it, because just as I finished, my laptop froze. And had I saved this as I worked?
NOOO!

So remember, ladies . . . save, Save, SAVE!!

[iUma]

Oh, heartbreak. Been there. But STILL need to be reminded. Sorry for you loss. Thanks for the reminder.

[sarahorton]

That is just heartbreaking. I actually WINCED when I read this!
Ctrl S is a Photoshoppers best friend.
So sorry this happened to you. It's really discouraging!

[kaleidoscope]

I feel your pain.

[beehive50]

I feel your pain... sadly, I think we've all done that before! Thanks for the reminder... think I'll go save the layout that sitting on my screen right now!

[esther_a]

That's when it happens - when we're SO focused on the details. As soon as you think you're almost done that's when you think to save! Wouldn't an auto save or a built in reminder be handy?!

[digigrandma]

Oh, bummer! We can never heed this advice enough! Thanks for the reminder, Diane.

[Jen D]

I think we have all been there... it is so frustrating and heartbreaking! So wish there was an auto save!

[LisaD]

ow! sorry, that so sucks. I think we've all been there, done that and feel for you. Thanks for the reminder!

[maureenreynolds]

Don't we all wish there were an auto-save? Criminey, if Gates can include it in his products, why can't Adobe?

I have tried to really force myself to get into the habit of new layer, new save but I know how forgetting happens. btdt too many times.

[anke]

I hear you!!! What a bummer, I bet you were mad! Do it again, I want to see it now

[MIDA78466]

thanks for the reminder. I think we have all done this at one time or another. Bummer.

[Scrapbird]

Originally Posted by anke

Do it again, I want to see it now

LOL, Anke!!
I will, eventually.

[cheska99]

I was about to post this very same reminder, as I had my own painful reminder about it last night. Didn't lose as much as you did, but still . . . For some reason I don't save often enough in PS at all. I guess I just get so transfixed by what me and PS are doing together that I just forget.

[cheska99]

Maureen, that's a good mantra "new layer, new save". Maybe if I tatooed it on my hands, I would remember it?

[Chris]

For some silly reason I kinda felt safe after changing to Mac, and for several years got out of the habit of saving, but as the stuff in the computer grew, Photoshop slowed down and I found out a couple of weeks ago Mac isn't infallible! Mine was an on and off all day job and it too will never be seen!
I do feel for you.

[Aunti M]

I feel your pain. I am so sorry! I forget to save so many times, you'd think I'd learn, but noooo. I don't.

[susiecw]

My neighbors probably could have heard me. Thank you for the reminder. I sometimes forget and have lost layouts that way.

[shhbabymine]

ugh thats not good - always happens when its something so difficult to redo.... thanks for the reminder.. i do remember ctrl s from cassie!

[champsarahjoy]

oh no...so sorry!!! This is the worst feeling.

[MeEmMom]

I've been there and feel your pain! So sorry you lost all your hard work... that is so frustrating!