Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/17

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Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW 33 dlridings
From: Aquiles Almansi <aalmansi@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 08:51:12 -0700 (PDT)

"So either use adjustment layers ...or make a copy and
work on that."

I fully agree with Eric's advise. Since I have not yet
mastered the use of layers (perhaps because most of my
work is in B&W), I always leave the original scan
intact and save as a new file the result of my
adjustments.

achilles
- --- Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com> wrote:
> You should always use adjustment laysers on original
> photos, rather 
> than actually adjust the actual image. It is the
> equivalent of your 
> negative and should NEVER be modified unless you can
> take it back. This 
> is one of the most important things to remember, and
> pretty much 
> renders most of Photoshop's competition to also ran.
> 
> So either use adjustment layers (and I hear in
> Photoshop 8 there will 
> be filter layers too) or make a copy and work on
> that.
> 
> Don't ever change the original. (I speak from
> experience!)
> 
> On Saturday, August 16, 2003, at 01:20  PM, Daniel
> Ridings wrote:
> 
> > Yes, that helps. Question: should I mix in layers
> here?
> 
> Eric Welch
> Carlsbad, CA
> http://www.jphotog.com
> 
> "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the
> truth is still 
> putting on its shoes."
> -- Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) 
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