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Non-destructive editing software

Software which doesn’t make any direct changes to the pixels in a photo, but saves processing instructions alongside it. These instructions are used to change the appearance of the photo when it’s displayed and can be applied permanently to a new ‘exported’ image.

The DxO Nik Collection 3 non-destructive workflow and how it works

June 27, 2020 by Rod Lawton

The DxO Nik Collection 3 brings non-destructive editing to the Nik plug ins for the first time. This is how it was done, and what you need to know.

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Lightroom, Nik Collection, Non-destructive editing

Non-destructive editing: does it cause more problems than it solves?

June 26, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Non-destructive editing sounds like a no-brainer. This is where your software stores your edits as processing instructions which can be updated, changed or removed at any time. But is it really that easy?

Filed Under: Featured, General Tagged With: Non-destructive editing

How to get started with Analog Efex Pro

June 16, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Analog Efex Pro is one of the plug-ins in the Nik Collection. It works as a plug in with Lightroom Classic and Photoshop but it can also work as a standalone program or as an external editor with all sorts of other programs like Capture One, Exposure X and more. It’s designed to recreate the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: Analog, Analog Efex Pro, Bokeh, Borders and frames, Camera Kit (Analog Efex Pro), Film simulation, Light leak, Nik Collection, Non-destructive editing, Toning, Vignette

Non-destructive editing and how it works

May 28, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

Traditional photo editing is ‘destructive’. That means every adjustment you make permanently changes the pixels in the photo and there’s no way back unless you’ve saved a copy of the original and you’re willing to start again. ‘Non-destructive’ editing is fully reversible. You can go back and undo or redo all of your editing work at any point in the future. Naturally, there’s a catch

Filed Under: Editing A-Z, Featured, General Tagged With: Adjustment layer, Cataloguing software, Export, History, Metadata, Non-destructive editing, Presets, RAW processing, Sidecar file, Snapshot (editing), Variants (Capture One Pro), Virtual Copy (Lightroom)

The ticking time-bomb of non-destructive editing

December 27, 2013 by Rod Lawton

Non-destructive editing

I had a horrible thought today. Like everyone else, I’ve been saying non-destructive editing is fantastic. It’s smart, it’s efficient, and it changes the way we work. It’s the most important innovation in digital imaging this century… But wait a minute. What if I had to stop using Lightroom or Aperture tomorrow? How many images […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Apple Aperture, Capture One, Non-destructive editing

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