How to save both edited AND original photo in camera roll?

That are great suggestions,and they will work well in iPhoto on Mac, but the question was about iPhoto on an iPad, not iPhoto on a Mac. Your Mac has no camera roll - iPhoto on a Mac is a completely different program.

Important Edit - Remember to Modify the file name in the new album BEFORE importing back to iPhoto. It will confuse it less.

Try this work-around:

(depending on skill level)

Copy a photo, to a Stickies (cmd+spacebar - type: sitckies): it will give you it's location.

Click on finder in the dock (Happy Blue Square face guy) > then top of the screen Grey bar with Finder in Bold > click on Go

Then - Go to Folder - [alternatively keyboard shortcut Shift+Cmd+G (all 3 at the same time)]

It opens a text box in a finder window> paste the photo location in there. > Go > there you can COPY - ONLY! the photo into a new folder on the desktop or in FAVORITES > Pictures,

You can then import the new folder to iPhoto. > Edit the photos from the new album only so as to keep iPhoto happy with the ordering

Navigate the Finder window to add photos to the new folder

The address should look a bit like this:

/Users/[user-name]/Pictures/iPhoto Library/Previews/[seriesofidentifiernumbers]/[photoname].jpg

How do I keep a copy of the original photo in the camera roll and add the edited photo as a seperate photo?

Duplicate the photo before you edit it.

• In the Photos.app you can create duplicates by using "Share > Copy".
• In iPhoto you you save a copy of your edited Photo to the Camera Roll by "Share > Apps > Camera Roll. Save it before you edit the photo, to preserve the original in the Camera Roll. Or revert the original after duplicating it.

http://www.ekoob.com/edit-photo-keep-original-photo-on-iphone-ipad-12892/

For iPhoto on a Mac, is the easy answer to go to "Photo" in the file menu and then "Duplicate"?

Thanks Luis. I edited my pic in photo stream which asked me to "duplicate and edit" which worked. So simple when you know how! I have never used photo stream (just use camera roll) and didn't even know it's purpose.

Just realised this is a 2 yr old thread but still relevant I suppose.

On iPhone 6 just click duplicate then just edit the duplicate.

It's very simple

Just go to photos-> select photo -> Share -> Duplicate

You can edit one photo and the other photo remains same.

Hope it helps you

Arav