P: Non-destructive filter layers instead of smart-filters

no don`t get me wrong we use smart-objects for the reasons i mentioned before - i mean smart-filters! we all know them, we`ve all tried them they just don`t fit in our workflow. maybe american retouchers have a different approach 🙂 ha

No problem Christoph. Yes, it is frustrating when someone confuses opinions based on a lack of information with truth.

Retouchers use them quite frequently. Just because some of your acquaintances have no knowledge, or misinformation, about Smart Objects - that doesn't make them bad, just poorly understood.

No issue with politeness, I just seem to perceive Smart Filters and/or their benefits differently.
Please forgive me being snide.

And, Mx.Cox, I hope you forgive for referring to you unnecessarily in a thread that you are involved in anyway.

i`m not saying smart-objects should be kicked. smart-FILTERS should be 🙂

hey christoph, i use smart-objects myself for the reasons mentioned in your link. it`s great while composing because it`s maintaining color space, vector data, and so on... all i`m saying is, smart-filters don`t kick it.

well i said nothing bad or unpolite? it`s the truth.

I admire Mr.Cox restraint in the face of statements like this.

»no professional digital artist or retoucher in germany i met - and i know lots - uses smart-objects regularly.«
I work in a small neighboring country and I have observed among many professional Photoshop users an obstinate ignorance of the benefits of Smart Objects.
But that does not mean that the benefits are not there, just that those users don’t comprehend them or maybe have not bothered to read the »What’s new«-section in the Help for Photoshop CS2 (and possibly subsequent releases) ...
If you do not use Smart Objects in your workflow I recommend giving the matter some thought.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/34828...

i believe you when you say its faster than filter layers would be. I'm not a programmer just a user.