# Curious - Why does the IDE save 2 copies of import images? (uncompressed xfl)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-why-does-the-ide-save-2-copies-of-import-images-uncompressed-xfl/332609>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 16, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-why-does-the-ide-save-2-copies-of-import-images-uncompressed-xfl/332609 "2014-08-16T14:29:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/curious-why-does-the-ide-save-2-copies-of-import-images-uncompressed-xfl/332609/1 "2014-08-16T14:29:47Z")

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Just curious, when you import an image into your library it saves the imported image into the library folder, but also as a .dat file in the bin folder. (If I change the file extension of the .dat, it is just an image, seemingly the same as the one in the library folder) What is the purpose of saving it in 2 places like this?