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9. Keep layers to a minimum
Back then, you had serious bragging rights if you had a 100-layers PSD - because it means you put a lot of time and attention to your artwork. Now it just means that you're not efficient. With all the non-destructive editing techniques Photoshop CS6 has to offer, you no longer have to resort to a bunch of raster layers. Find ways to keep the layers to a minimum using Smart Objects, Smart Filters, clipping masks, etc.
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10. End your bad habits. Practice non-destructive editing techniques
All these tips are useless if you have a habit of working quick and messy. Bad habits are easy to form but harder to live with. Good habits are harder to form but easy to live with. Changing your habits is one of the most difficult things for designers - because why learn new nondestructive editing techniques when old ones work just fine?
Nondestructive editing can feel like more work and it certainly felt that way when I first started. But after a few practices, I found that they actually made my workflow easier and faster. Once you get the hang of it, you'll be using non-destructive techniques without even thinking of it and that's when you become better at Photoshop. End your bad habits and start using nondestructive editing techniques today.
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9 comments on “10 Important Nondestructive Editing Techniques for Photo Manipulators”
Wow! Just learning and this is great info. Thanks
Have a nice work............thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Great tips and trick!
I find Point 4 completely rubbish to be honest. No pun intended. But the two effects are quite different - while the first one is a really nice film effect, and the second one looks like a cheap downloaded free preset.
The shadows are getting clipped in the first one with many layers as a result of using too many adjustment layers.
She is simply stating that there's no point creating a bunch of adjustment layers so that you "get lucky" on a film effect. Rather, understand what each layer does exactly so you don't end up with so many layers
To me, they're similar enough to necessitate the fewer layers.
But that's not what I'm here to talk about. I'm here to say that the article could use a better example for the bad effect. Could have just used any one of those random vintage-look Photoshop action because 9/10 of them are a bunch of accidental layers: Duplicate layer, change blend mode, merge down, add color layer, change blend mode, merge down, etc etc.
If folks would realize the advantages of the Smart Object feature, they'd never go back! Great run-down! Thank you!
Su
Second this... I cringe when I see people brag about how many layers their PSD has
Beautiful Thank You