On 2014-09-15 17:29:05 +0000, android said:

In article ,
nospam wrote:

In article , Floyd L. Davidson
wrote:

UnSharpMask is not reversible.

it is with a non-destructive workflow.

I'm sorry that you don't understand the meaning of that.

i absolutely do know the meaning, since it's all i use.

it's you who doesn't understand what a non-destructive workflow means
and as a result, says stupid **** like what you just did.

with a non-destructive workflow, unsharp mask (or anything else for
that matter) can be altered or removed after the fact. that's why it's
called a non-destructive workflow.

it's not on your file then. whatever... you could, of curse create an
extra layer and delate it later.

With most photo editing software which uses adjustment layers that is
one method of non-destructive editing. The final product with
adjustment layers intact can be saved as a PSD or TIF to be reopened at
any time to adjust further, remove adjustment layers etc. Obviously
merging those layers will make those adjustments permanent.

Then Adobe has a second level of non-destructive editing with the use
of *Smart Objects*.
....and non-destructive editing in Lightroom is something else all together.

These days with my LR+PS workflow many of my images make a round trip
from LR to PS and back to LR have all the layers retained. If I need a
JPEG I use the LR export dialog.
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Regards,

Savageduck