TIL about stacking adjustment layers in groups for faster edits

I used to just slap every color correction and texture on one big layer, then hate myself when I had to tweak something buried underneath... Now I put them in nested groups labeled by effect type, like shadows or highlights. I switched over last month after a client asked for five revisions on a forest scene and I was scrolling for 20 minutes. Has anyone else figured out a cleaner layer organization trick that saved them time on big projects?

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williamb295d ago

Wait you mean there's people who DON'T use separate adjustment groups for everything? I thought the whole point of Photoshop was to scroll through four hundred unnamed layers at 3am wondering if "Layer 87 copy 3" is the one with the curves or the one where you accidentally drew a mustache on the client's face. Took me a solid year to figure out that naming things actually helps, but now I just label everything "FINAL_FOR_REAL_THIS_TIME_v5" and call it good.

sageadams4d ago

So you're saying the naming system is still chaos just with extra steps?