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Looks like Smacky has been a little lazy lately, but I haven't; this was my self-inflicted 'final exam' for utilizing linked smart layers to create a completely editable postworked image. Although I've used linked assets in After Effects before, I never really thought to use them in Photoshop too.

Although it wasn't particularly necessary for this image, what all of that basically means is that just about every bit of postwork and color correction here is layered and can be changed even at this "finished" stage. This is actually three separate documents linked to each other, and editing the raw render will update the other two postworked ones. Later if I want to try changing Smacky's expression or placing another object into the scene, it can be done without too much trouble. I really wish I had been able to do this on images like And Stay Down or my Serpent Slayer renders so I could go back and improve them now, but at least I'll be able to do it for big future pics.

Another neat thing about this method is that it allows for simple animations even after the image has been postworked to death. Rather than attempting to repeat all the color corrections and other edits I do for multiple frames of an animation (which would be absolutely impossible anyway), I only have to drop them into that first raw render document and edit the masks in the other two. That's something I'd like to try one day...

Rendered in DAZ Studio 4.7, tons of work in Photoshop CC. 46 layers across three images, 28 of those layers are for color correction. Basic pose and scene by Danie and Marfono, I wanted to spend more time postworking than posing. Thanks very much for taking a look!

Description
Looks like Smacky has been a little lazy lately, but I haven't; this was my self-inflicted 'final exam' for utilizing linked smart layers to create a completely editable postworked image. Although I've used linked assets in After Effects before, I never really thought to use them in Photoshop too.

Although it wasn't particularly necessary for this image, what all of that basically means is that just about every bit of postwork and color correction here is layered and can be changed even at this "finished" stage. This is actually three separate documents linked to each other, and editing the raw render will update the other two postworked ones. Later if I want to try changing Smacky's expression or placing another object into the scene, it can be done without too much trouble. I really wish I had been able to do this on images like And Stay Down or my Serpent Slayer renders so I could go back and improve them now, but at least I'll be able to do it for big future pics.

Another neat thing about this method is that it allows for simple animations even after the image has been postworked to death. Rather than attempting to repeat all the color corrections and other edits I do for multiple frames of an animation (which would be absolutely impossible anyway), I only have to drop them into that first raw render document and edit the masks in the other two. That's something I'd like to try one day...

Rendered in DAZ Studio 4.7, tons of work in Photoshop CC. 46 layers across three images, 28 of those layers are for color correction. Basic pose and scene by Danie and Marfono, I wanted to spend more time postworking than posing. Thanks very much for taking a look!