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Applying filters nondestructively with Smart Filters - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop 2023 Essential Training
Applying filters nondestructively with Smart Filters
- [Narrator] The most important thing to know before you start working with filters is that if you simply select the filter from the filter menu, Photoshop is going to apply that filter and it's going to make a permanent change to your image. For example, if I choose filter and then we come down to stylize and then oil paint, and I apply that filter, Photoshop has made a permanent change to my image. At the moment, I can still use Command Z or Control Z to undo it but if I were to save and close this image it would be baked into the file. All right, I'll use Command Z to undo that. So to apply a filter in a non-destructive manner, we need to first convert it to a smart object. I can do that by using the Layer menu Smart Objects and convert to Smart Object. Or we can use the context sensitive menus in the Layers panel and choose to convert to Smart Object. Or under the filter menu we can use Convert for Smart Filters.…
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Filter essentials1m 54s
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Applying filters nondestructively with Smart Filters5m 1s
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Sharpening images8m 53s
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Creative blurring effects11m 6s
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AI-assisted (neural) filters6m 30s
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Creating painterly effects using Filter Gallery4m 50s
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Applying Camera Raw as a filter4m 4s
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