Am I correctly interpreting your post so far?
I think so. Yes, that kind of layering is what I have figured out I should be doing, but the kind that I have only been able to do to a limited extent. For example, you have an apparently untouched background layer, in front of which is a "Spot Touch" layer, which I would guess was some initial image cleanup. Is that layer a full background copy with changes or is it just the changes. E.g., if you had two kinds of initial cleanup -- say a dust and scratch filter and some manual touch up, could you isolate the changes on new layers so that you could see the background plus either or both initial adjustments or would you have to just have a background copy with both adjustments or two copies, one with one adjustment and the other with both?
Above that I see you have two new layers, HSB and levels. I think I have looked at both so I know what button to push to create it, but I have only rarely felt like I was actually doing anything useful. I.e., I might be able to create an image like the one you did, but not one that looked sensible. |
