The Destructive Workflow

photo credit: maccu

I think Matt makes some good points here (guest posting for Scott Kelby). It’s good to be non-destructive up to the point that doing so remains worth it. I work with a lot of layers typically, and at some point I just start to commit and merge some of them. Not doing so just slows down Photoshop, and that slows you down. The tougher decisions:

• cropping in Photoshop
• erasing in Photoshop
• cloning in Photoshop

The thing about cloning is that it quickly eats up your history (you only get x undos) so that’s best kept to its own layer. Cropping I’m fine with. I don’t really erase too much, but I think thats fine too, but you’d be better served by masks if possible.

The point is: be non-destructive up to a reasonable point.

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