Viewing thumbnails of picture files in finder

regarding .jpg files mainly:
they appear in the finder with this default logo: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/popeye467/jpg.jpg
however, if i edit them in photoshop or whatever, after i save they appear like this: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/popeye467/cowabunga.jpg
my question is: how can i make them show the thumbnail of the picture without having to open photoshop and save them through that?

Viewing previews of images in the Finder
When you save an image file, in some cases the file's icon is a small preview of the image. The Finder can show these preview icons; however, some image files may not have a preview icon.
When you view files as icons, you can increase the size of the icons to get a better look at the image preview. When you view files in columns, you can see the preview image in its own column when you select the file.
To see image previews as icons, choose View > "as Icons."
Choose View > Show View Options and move the slider to the right to enlarge the icons.
To create preview icons for files that don't already have one, choose View > Show View Options and select "Show icon preview."
To see image previews in a column, choose View > "as Columns."
Next, choose View > Show View Options and select "Show preview column."
In the Finder window, select an image file to see a preview of it in the column.
The Finder may not be able to show a preview for some image files.

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