File > Duplicate option

[WoodChip]

Would be useful if there was an option from the File menu to Duplicate the current file. On a Mac applications including Preview, Pages & Numbers all offer a File > Duplicate option. This saves the need to drop into Finder and create a Duplicate that way.

This option would be great in all apps - Designer, Photo and Publisher

[dominik]

29 minutes ago, WoodChip said:

Would be useful if there was an option from the File menu to Duplicate the current file. On a Mac applications including Preview, Pages & Numbers all offer a File > Duplicate option. This saves the need to drop into Finder and create a Duplicate that way.

As soon as you save the file under a new filename you have a duplicate. It's called 'Save as...'. There is no need of such a function. In contrary: if you duplicate the file you have to save it afterwards under a new filename. This would be even one step more.

Cheers,
d.

[John Rostron]

I do recall seeing a procedure here for sharpening an image that asked for two copies of the file to be loaded. You applied different actions to each before combining them. The procedure worked well and I did wonder at the time whether it would be possible to work with just a single file, but I never got round to it. There was never the need to save both.

I cannot think of any other reason to load two copies of the same file.

John

[dominik]

3 hours ago, John Rostron said:

I cannot think of any other reason to load two copies of the same file.

Hi @John Rostron,

I could imagine someone wants to create a couple of variations of a certain design. Of course there are snapshots or multiple artboards to use them in the same way. 

I also do this to keep a history of development steps in case I need to go back and look at what I did 😉
In that case I just save the file under with a new name, e.g. with a counter at the end of the name. That makes it easy to keep versions seperate.

Cheers,
d.

[gunda]

I support this feature request.  It's useful to be able to make duplicates of an image as alternative working copies for comparison and experimentation without needing to save and reopen them.

[Pšenda]

3 hours ago, gunda said:

without needing to save and reopen them

Just do SaveAs - and you can work on a new copy of your working document.

[gunda]

I'm a new member here - this is just my fourth post - so I wanted to reassure other forum members that I do read previous replies before I post to support a FR.  I did read the previous reply suggesting save and reopen as a workaround, and the fact that I still posted should be taken as indicating that while that workaround works, it's not an efficient workflow for some people, and so my support for the FR stands.

[carl123]

Bear in mind

You also have the New Document from Snapshot option which lets you duplicate a document without actually saving it to disk.

Useful for temporary comparison purposes or experimentation on a copy of your document

[gunda]

21 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Bear in mind

You also have the New Document from Snapshot option which lets you duplicate a document without actually saving it to disk.

Useful for temporary comparison purposes or experimentation on a copy of your document

Thank you, that''s helpful.