Image Thumbnails only sometimes (in Finder, on desktop)? Why?

I save many pictures daily from the net by dragging the image to my desktop. Everytime I do this, the file appears as the Jpeg "folder paper" (like the preview icon) with the file name.
Sometimes, then, I will edit the image (usually in Photostudio because it's fast to boot) and resave with the same file name - as a replacement. When I do this, 90% of the time the saved file will display a tiny thumbnail of the image instead of the "preview icon".
I would like to have all of my .jpeg and .jpg images displayed in this way in both the Finder and on my Desktop. How do I do that?
Thanks
PowerMac G5 2x2 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

It's because PhotoShop is saving thumbnails in it's files.
Dragging a file will rarely, if ever, produce a thumbnail of the graphic.
You can open them in PS and re-save them, you'll then get a thumbnail.
See PhotoShop / Preferences / File Handling.
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