After more than half a decade of updating Affinity Photo with new functionality, without having charged an update fee, Serif decided to declare Affinity Photo 2 an upgrade. Rightly so, given the many new features that put more power into the hands of users, which allows them to change their minds more often without having to start over completely.
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If you’ve been around the Photoshop world for even a short time, it’s likely that you’ve heard the term “nondestructive,” as in “nondestructive workflow” or “working nondestructively.” In principle, this means to do things in a way where the result isn’t permanent (a.k.a. destructive) and can be edited later in various ways.
Some people tell me that they never change their minds, and that’s why they don’t worry about using these methods, while others ask why they should bother working this way. There are some very important reasons to consider using nondestructive techniques, well beyond changing your mind. We’ll look at those first, followed by some key techniques for working nondestructively.
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