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Layers ----> Saving work


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I'm currently working on a project where I have an image with different items located throughout the image that need to be taken out of the image using various tools. I know how to do that. The step I can't seem to master is that as I take out images I need to save the layer before moving onto the next step. Example, straighten lighthouse, remove garbage cans, remove tree, etc.... I need to save each step as a layer. When I try to do it it's just saving all of my work and not the steps that I'm doing. Thanks for your help.
 
tbh8644 said:
I'm currently working on a project where I have an image with different items located throughout the image that need to be taken out of the image using various tools.
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I am assuming that by "taken out" you mean "selected." Yes? No?

tbh8644 said:
... as I take out images I need to save the layer before moving onto the next step. ... I need to save each step as a layer. When I try to do it it's just saving all of my work and not the steps that I'm doing.
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Well, first of all, any document that you work in, with a few exceptions, will save all when you use "save." There is a way to save stages of your work in PS, but I've never wanted to so I can't describe it. And it may only be active till you close the document.

I know you give an example of what you mean as a "step" but I'm not clear what you're describing. Each layer is a step, though you can apply effects, adjustments, filters, to the layer at any time, some of which will be apparent and others not (unless you create smart objects). So, if you apply a filter or 2 it will be recorded as a history state but those are limited (you can go into preferences and set the number you want) and won't necessarily make it clear which layer was involved. If you want to understnad/remember your steps, you will have to write them down or develop a shorthand and name the layer by what you did.

Another things you can do is merge copy a bunch of layers into one, and move the original layers below a background or into a group folder. Then you have another stage of work and the originals if you need them.

But I have a feeling that this isn't answering your question.
 
I have figured out how to do it. Make whatever adjustments to the image I'm doing then drag the layer down to make new layer and continue doing that as I make changes.
 
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