Is Refine Edge a destructive workflow?

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November 27, 2023
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Hello everyone. I've been wondering if the edits I make through the Refine Edge panel are destructive... I mean, let's say I use the Smooth parameter. If I confirm the edit and then I go back to the panel through my layer mask, I can see the parameter is now resetted to 0 value and I can't go back anymore! Am I mistake or what? Thanks.

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Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

It is non-destructive if you are working with a layer mask, but you can't step backwards so to speak.

What you can do is use Select & Mask in Mask Properties and contine to refine the mask, but there is still no way to step backwards.

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Faby5FAEAuthor

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So I was right, we can say it's a destructive workflow even if we use a layer mask. It just doesn't make sense. All we needed was the parameters keeping their values, that's all. So difficult for a powerful program such as Photoshop? Thanks for your answer anyway, you confirmed it to me.