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Keep in mind this only applies if you took the screenshot, saved, cropped it, and then saved again to the same file.

• world2vec 4y ago
  I am aware after reading the whole thread but still, I think I've done it countless times over the years.
• dendrite9 4y ago
  Isn't that the default on Android phones if you screenshot then crop. As opposed to screenshot, then open it and crop. I tend to use the rectangular option in the snipping tool as a way to be certain that I won't forget to crop important info. Both of these make me think I need to check my process and see if it is relevant.
• ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  >Keep in mind this only applies if you took the screenshot, saved, cropped it, and then saved again to the same file Wait, don't we all do this? :looks around horrified:
• sp332 4y ago
  Well yeah, why would I keep an uncropped version around? It seemed safer to save over the one I didn't want. Edit: I guess I don't usially save before cropping a screenshot. But it's not something I really thought about before either.
  • andreareina 4y ago
    sometimes I want to keep the original for my own records
• nickthegreek 4y ago
  My normal workflow is use snipping tool, it opens in editor, crop, save. This is for sure safe?
  • SketchySeaBeast 4y ago
    It seems like the problem is that if you use the snipping tool to save to a file that already exists it only modifies as much of the file as is required so that the new image you saved is visible - the rest of the file's data is preserved. The problem is saving to a file with more information than the cropped information requires - the original images information "overflow" isn't removed. So if you're saving to a new file it's fine, there's no extra information.
• mizaru 4y ago
  It applies if you choose to "overwrite" any file that is larger than the generated PNG data.