What is Non-Destructive Editing? | Photoshop Tutorial | PHLEARN

Today we show you how a non-destructive workflow can help protect your work, save you valuable time, and give you more flexibility than the standard Undo command in Photoshop! Follow along as Aaron Nace edits the same images using two very different workflows–one workflow that's destructive and one that follows our patented non-destructive PHLEARN method.

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[kreygscott]

Years later PHLEARN continues to offer the best content in Photoshop editing. Well done mate. Thanks for sharing.

[mwroberts]

Phlearn's Pro tutorials are absolutely amazing and detailed. If you want to learn Photoshop the right way, Phlearn is the Princeton of Photoshop education.

[g_young_h]

The destructive editing made me very anxious.

[cyberwasp]

hve been a member of Phlearn for a few years and already have a job retouching. Aaron is a fantastic teacher.

[ChillLo-fi-beats]

I had to learn this the hard way. Wish I could have seen this before I would have saved so much time. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

[hanasmith]

how do you use the healing brush tool on an empty layer?

[danielfinchum]

There are certain filters like “liquify” ( and plug in filters like NIK effects, etc) that won’t work unless you “stamp the image”.(cont’l alt shift +E). If you do this even after converting it to a smart object you cannot go to lower layers and make adjustments. How do you get around this?

[FuzyK]

4:42 -- Wait a minute, how are you using the spot healing brush on a new layer, while the changes happen on the background?

[bfjrd]

4:44 how did you able to use the spot healing brush tool on empty layer? I tried it but didnt work

[JVLA]

I already use layers but I like this colouring technique with the color hue, and mask it's a much quicker a realistic approach

[ChronosCooper]

Aaron. using an adjustment layer to color will respect the shadows and highlights of the original image. So you will not be forced to dodge and burn after coloring for realism.
Btw, I learned about the adjustment layers from you Aaron. So thanks.

[miguelg]

you are a great teacher thanks so much you make people to understand photoshop in a easy way

[mikemcsween]

Great tips! How do you continue to work nondestructively when working with the filters tab and plugins? Don't you need a full (merged) pixel based layer at the top for those to work? And then the previous layers are moot. A bit confused - cheers!

[jbportz]

Amazing video thanks for sharing the advantage of non-destructive edit and the most important how we need to save them for future edits thanks again and greetings from the Bay area California

[dunnymonster]

Same applies to using filters, always convert the layer to a smart object. That way you can alter the values of any filter if you change your mind. Not doing so bakes the values of the filter used permanently, into the layer which means you would have to delete the layer and start all over again 😊

[CallerEight]

Why does my new layer not affect my background image


Never mind I didn't have sample all layers on

[TomWindeknecht]

I needed this tutorial back in the early days! LOL

[bunty]

Good tutorial! I want to ask 1 thing. Please suggest me how can I see thumbnail of psd file in open dialogue box in photoshop cc?

[worshipification]

Very informative video. More importantly, what brand of speakers are those? Asking for a friend.

[RuxandraNae]

Great tutorial, thanks for putting the effort to make this video! 😊