Right-click the cropped picture's icon and click Previous Versions. You
might find it that way. But in the future you always want to make a copy of
your original picture and treat the original as "sacred". Edit only the
copies, never the original.
"helplessly lost" <helplesslylost@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:89455997-3A83-415D-B049-753E30C04B46@microsoft.com...
> Do you know how to retrieve your original picture before it was cropped? I
> lost my original or it seemed to be replaced and I can't find the very
> important original. please advise if you can cvd104@hotmail.com Thanks.
>
> "DH" wrote:
>
>> I have just started using Photo Gallery. I notice that files are much
>> smaller
>> after I edit them in Photo Gallery. Is there a way to set Photo Gallery
>> editing to maintain the original file size and quality. I'm concernd that
>> the
>> edited file is of much lower quality than the original. I realize that
>> the
>> originals are saved in case I want to revert to them. I would like to
>> maintain the better quality in the edited picture.