Need Full Non Destructive Workflow

[MCFC_4Heatons]

Needs full non destructive workflow. Like Photoshop -> convert layer to smart object then all effects/filters including 3rd party plugins are effectively non destructive. It is a big miss, when you have to do workarounds like copying a layer before applying a non live filter. IMO, it is the biggest single missing feature.

[fde101]

Non-destructive is already possible by not applying the filters at all - just leave them as layers.  Applying a filter means you want to bake it in, which modifies the pixel data and is thus destructive by definition.

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, fde101 said:

Non-destructive is already possible by not applying the filters at all - just leave them as layers.  Applying a filter means you want to bake it in, which modifies the pixel data and is thus destructive by definition.

The non-Live filters (from the Filters menu item on the desktop apps) don't have an Apply, and don't create Layers. They're destructive. 

The Live filters operate as you described.