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Thu, Mar 1, 2012 4:34 PM
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Photoshop: Non-destructive filter layers instead of smart-filters
the smart-filter functionality should be kicked.
i want photoshop to create a filter-layer (exactly like an adjustment layer)
to be able to really edit non destructive in an easy way.
i assume it would eat up cpu to calculate filters all the time in real-time.
if so, to avoid this, integrate a freeze button:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...
i want photoshop to create a filter-layer (exactly like an adjustment layer)
to be able to really edit non destructive in an easy way.
i assume it would eat up cpu to calculate filters all the time in real-time.
if so, to avoid this, integrate a freeze button:
http://feedback.photoshop.com/photosh...
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chris_cox_2148894
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9 years ago
Smart Filters give you the re-editability, an explicit update step (since realtime updates would kill performance and usability), and have the benefit of work on real world image sizes.
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tommyszewczuk
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9 years ago
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tommyszewczuk
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9 years ago
by the way - smart-filters also take ages to calculate if you use 2 or 3 of them.
i`m sure there are way better possibilities.
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tommyszewczuk
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edwardsanchez
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7 years ago
Effect Filters / Adjustment Layers for effects.
In the same way you can create filters to change level, brightness, color, etc, it would be great to be able to create filters that apply effects such as blur, sharpen, etc. With masking it would be a great way to losslessly retouch photos and apply depth/soft focus to illustrations.
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fezzinate
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5 years ago
Adjustment layers are one of the most powerful tools in Photoshop. I love them, but they have a pretty limited selection. As a game developer I have often come across the need for the ability to write my own to accomplish my goals more efficiently - specifically with the ability to see the results of the filter in real-time like adjustment layers. Use cases include visualizing/authoring texture channel data for shaders, or a real-time indexed palette filter (as described in my blog http://danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop)
My suggestion is to create an API to create custom adjustment layers. It turns out Adobe has already done quite a bit of the legwork with pixel-bender. If there were a new adjustment layer type that accepted pixel bender files, then this would be a perfect solution (and is GPU accelerated to boot)
would this be a reasonable feature?
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fezzinate
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5 years ago
"1) No, you can't have filters as adjustment layers, the math just doesn't work in the user's favor (i.e.: too slow to be useful)"
I understand that filters would be too slow, which is why I didn't request filters (also why it doesn't make sense to merge my topic with this one, I read up on previous posts regarding smart filter requests). This feature would need to be it's own API independent of filters that operate purely on individual pixels within a single pass given provided inputs. This would have the same performance footprint as any other adjustment layer.
"2) PixelBender is gone and will not be coming back."
The former is why I suggested PixelBender specifically - it meets the performance criteria and can be limited to single-passes. I'm not sure of the reasons why pixel bender died, it sounds unfortunate, but the premise of my suggestion still stands. If not Pixel Bender, then simply a dedicated API that has limitations which favor performance would suffice.
Would this approach to the problem resolve any technical resistance to adding such a feature?
thanks!
-Dan
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oscar_losan
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4 years ago
Smart objects is slow. You need to be grouping into smart objects to apply the same effect.
Adobe we need more productivity. This solution would be great.
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oscar_losan
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