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 01/21/2006 10:35:36 PM · #1
How can I save an edited CS2 shot with all the history attached (so I can step back, etc). What should I save it as? What do I need to turn on? I have never been able to do this and I really would like to know how...

Thanks,
Eric
 01/21/2006 10:54:04 PM · #2
Short answer -- you can't

What you can do is turn on logging -- but that has limitations on size and depending on options may be over-written with each new editing session.

If saving all editing steps is important (and apparently it is) start recording an action at the start of each editing session and save it at the end. This creates a bit more overhead in the editing process, but does have a number of very valuable benefits.

David
 01/21/2006 10:54:20 PM · #3
I don't know about CS2, but with CS you can't save the history. Once you save, that's it...there's no going back.
 01/21/2006 11:01:41 PM · #4
When I use "save as" and save it as a .psd file, I can go back and see all the layers and step back to redo a part or something. When I "save for web" I can't do that. It's all gone. I use CS2.
 01/21/2006 11:45:43 PM · #5
Originally posted by eslaydog:
How can I save an edited CS2 shot with all the history attached (so I can step back, etc).

Eric, the trick is not to use editing steps which are "destructive" if you can possibly avoid it.

Are you familiar with "Adjustment Layers"? They can make most of the changes you're likely to use in editing on seperate layers where you can open your Photoshop files and change them.

If I am going to make any destructive changes, then I duplicate the layer I'm going to make the changes on, hide (or deactivate) the original. This way, I can go back and redo by making another duplicate and trying again.

I'm a Paintshop Pro man but I believe Photoshop also has grouping of layers so that you can make changes to a group of layers but not others. That also helps in being able to preserve and redo different parts of the image.

Brett
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