I don't have a current Photoshop. But in the past if you change an
image you have to save it. If you save over it was destructive. You
can't Save, then say, oh give me the original back.
Now there was/is a way around that. Using adjustment layers. But I'm
not talking about that.
Photoshop is basically a pixel editor, it's lots more but it is a
pixel editor at it's heart.
Aperture and Lightroom are really RAW image workflow and editor
programs, designed specifically for photographers.
The only other program I know of at all like Aperture or LRoom is
Nikon Capture NX. I have it, but could never get my head around it's
workflow.
I grew up with Photoshop, started using it at version .49alpha and
think like Photoshop. Alas due to up and down eyesight I'm not current
with Photoshop.
Before someone points out, yes this is probably out of the scope for
this list.
On Sep 22, 2008, at 8:27 PM, Cara Quinn wrote:
REally? I worked with PShop 8 and to my knowledge it was non-
destructive. Has this changed?…
-I personally find this to be the rule rather than the exception
with current sw packages, especially with a highly compressed format
like jpg, which is small enough to preserve generations of edits,
easily. I have a friend who is a commercial artist / user of Photo
Shop (among others) who has done work with Clinique etc. and I know
it's at least capable of non-destructive editing in .raw.
