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MissVonBlue
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November 15, 2019
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Frequency separation affecting layers beneath

  • November 15, 2019
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I feel so silly asking this but I can still not understand the order of the layer dusing workflow and I have been editing a photo and I did FS after color grading and other stuff and now I can not go back and fix anything I did before. I can not make some color adjustments the mask, etc.

 

How does this work? Once I do FS I can not go back and change things beneath?

 

Thanks for your help

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Correct answer Joel xo

Frequency separation makes copies of the composite pixel data, and so "bakes in" any adjustment layers etc.

 

As Chuck notes, you won't run up against this if you do frequency separation first, but if that's not intuitive for your workflow, remember to turn off any adjustment layers you may want to change later, before you separate frequencies. Don't forget to keep your frequency separated layers below any non-destructive adjustments. 

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Joel xo
Joel xoCorrect answer
Inspiring
November 15, 2019

Frequency separation makes copies of the composite pixel data, and so "bakes in" any adjustment layers etc.

 

As Chuck notes, you won't run up against this if you do frequency separation first, but if that's not intuitive for your workflow, remember to turn off any adjustment layers you may want to change later, before you separate frequencies. Don't forget to keep your frequency separated layers below any non-destructive adjustments. 

    Chuck Uebele
    Community Expert
    Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 15, 2019

    No, you can't, unless you mask out the FS layers. You might want to do you separation first then you can group the results and do other editing afterwards. All depends on what you're trying to do, and what would be the best work flow.

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      MissVonBlueAuthor
      Participant
      November 16, 2019

      Thank you. I should have done FS first but I worked colors really early in the process and I think I afftected all the process.

      I am sorry, by saying to group the results do you mean the FS layers?

      Chuck Uebele
      Community Expert
      Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 16, 2019

      Yes, group the FS layers. 

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