For designers and retouchers integrating generative AI: learn to build non-destructive, layered files with clear naming and records so your sources are as reviewable and editable as your final previews.
What you will be able to do
- Protect primary sources: Lock original assets at the bottom of your layer stack. This ensures that the primary photograph remains untouched and accessible, preventing destructive edits during complex retouching sessions.
- Avoid 'baked-in' AI fills: Structure Photoshop files using non-destructive layers and masks. You will be able to hand off files where generative elements are separate and editable, so teammates can revise AI fills without starting over.
- Verify generative physics: Inspect contact shadows, reflections, and edges at 200 percent zoom. This habit allows you to spot perspective errors and repeated textures that often go unnoticed in a polished preview but fail a professional review.
- Define product boundaries: Categorize image elements as required or optional based on the project brief. You will learn to draw a strict boundary between untouchable product details and the generative environment elements.
- Ensure visual transparency: Label specific pixels as either photographed or generated. This creates a clear audit trail within the file, ensuring transparency for team members and clients regarding what was captured and what was invented.
- Create professional export records: Document export specifications, including size, format, version, and source. You will be able to record client permissions for generative settings to ensure every delivered asset meets legal and technical requirements.
Taught at learn.m-a-s-t-e-r.ai: lessons that adapt to your level, an AI tutor you can ask anything, quizzes and flashcards, and a certificate when you finish.
