Audit Layered Files

Audit Layered Files in Adobe Photoshop — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

Audit a project's layered files and enforce a non-destructive workflow standard so future changes don't break the deliverables.

2 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Audit the project's layered files and enforce a non-destructive workflow: open key PSDs, convert…
Audit the project's layered files and enforce a non-destructive workflow: open key PSDs, convert destructive layers to smart objects, flag flattened merges, standardize color profiles, and deliver a report with corrected PSDs to the VFX producer by [deadline=Monday].

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Make future fixes safe and fast: inspect core PSDs for destructive edits, convert editable elements…
Make future fixes safe and fast: inspect core PSDs for destructive edits, convert editable elements into smart objects, relocate retouches to adjustment layers, standardize to the project's color profile, and provide a prioritized list of files fixed with before/after backups and an enforcement checklist for the art leads.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Special Effects ArtistAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Bridgealso: Enforce Non-Destructive Workflow

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Every task here came from the work, not from a feature list — which is why the prompts name what you want done and never the button that does it. The tool changes; the work does not.
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