If you didn’t like the outcome you’d have to start again. Once upon a time, when you wanted to add a vignette, your only option was to add a new layer, fill it with black, then take the marquee selection tool and feather it. The benefit: “I can come back six months from now and go ‘that’s pretty cool how did I do that?’ and I can reverse engineer that.” 2. Make sure you have the information you need by saving the pre-flattened version of your file as a PSD and not a TIFF – that way you always know where to find the most editable version of an image.
You never know when you’ll want to come back to an image and make some changes (or steal some of your awesome effects for another photo).
Here’s how Dave proposes you break the habit: 1. Too often, says Dave, individuals have developed bad Photoshop mistakes and habits which lead them to change their original file while editing, leaving them with little source material later. Chiefly, he says, you need to edit photos, but allow the edits, filters, and files to continue to work for you in the future. What does that exactly mean? According to Dave, the most efficient way to produce great work is to give your photography the ability to change and grow through the editing process.
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“From a creativity standpoint, working non-destructively, to me, has been a huge bonus,” says Dave in his CreativeLive class, Productivity Tips in Photoshop.Īre you ready for the biggest Photoshop event of the year? Join CreativeLive for Photoshop Week 2019, June 12-14, to learn how to produce professional quality photos and reach your full creative potential. But his biggest piece of advice isn’t just to be better, but rather, to work smarter. After years of shooting and editing photos, Dave Cross has had ample time to make Photoshop mistakes - and learn from them.
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