On 2014-09-17 01:03:35 +0000, PeterN said:

On 9/16/2014 4:36 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , PeterN
wrote:

All adjustments made to *Smart Objects*, in Photoshop terms, are
non-destructive.

true, but i was thinking of lightroom where no additional steps are
required because everything is non-destructive.

with photoshop, the user has to take additional steps to be
non-destructive.

The additional step is one click to open all objects in PS as a smart
object.

not always.


When opening a RAW ifile in PS from ACR, when wouldn't that work?

Easily done. Just remember that any content aware fill or editing
cannot be done on an SO. So do the spot removal in ACR.

Open as *Smart Object* after making ACR adjustments, you can always
double click on that SO background layer to return to ACR and readjust.
Make adjustments to taste, and save layered PSD One caveat when it
comes to sharing the layered file, it is huge because of the layers.
The example PSD below runs 800+MB so I won't be posting that
here,unless there are individual request for email link delivery.

So I end up with this in PS.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_905.jpg
and a PSD with Smart Objects and all adjustments intact ready for any
revision, saved to its very own CC folder, or wherever you want it.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_907.jpg

Since you are not using Lightroom, to get a JPEG go to File-Save for Web.
configure the JPEG dimensions, compression, etc. and Save.
That is simple enough, and the working files remain intact in PS.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/screenshot_906.jpg

That results in a JPEG and I can still return to the layered JPEG to
produce a different version just by tweaking/reediting or removing
layers.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1295663/FileChute/_DNC6132-SW-1.jpg

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Regards,

Savageduck