Preview for Adjustments, Effects & Filters ( APPLY or CANCEL buttons? )

[razorpig]

Is there any way to preview layer adjustments, effects and filters without applying them? A simple APPLY and CANCEL button would be perfect. Perhaps with a preview checkbox also?

With the current process the history panel can get very cluttered with states which in most cases we'll never want to revert to.

[Ron P.]

On 6/6/2019 at 3:56 AM, razorpig said:

Is there any way to preview layer adjustments, effects and filters without applying them? A simple APPLY and CANCEL button would be perfect. Perhaps with a preview checkbox also?

With the current process the history panel can get very cluttered with states which in most cases we'll never want to revert to.

I guess I don't understand how you would know what affect the adjustment has on your image without applying it? Currently you have the adjustment dialog window open, you see on your image what affect it will or will not have. If you don't want to use it, press the delete button. If you want to use it, press the X in the upper right corner which equals apply.

[Simon Dominic]

As alluded to above, the layer adjustment is a preview by default. That's what you're seeing when you choose an adjustment option. When you select an adjustment it creates a new layer with that adjustment as a feature.

If you want to scrap the adjustment press DELETE.

If you want to apply the adjustment (as in Merge Layer Down) then press MERGE

If you want to keep the adjustment as a layer but not merge it down, press X

(Admission: I've only been using Photo for literally ten minutes but I happened to have been using just this feature so I hope I'm right in what I'm saying).

[razorpig]

11 hours ago, Ron P. said:

I guess I don't understand how you would know what affect the adjustment has on your image without applying it?

We're just getting crossed wires about the terminology here. I want to preview it on the canvas ( so yes, in that sense it's being applied to the live image on the screen ) before committing the changes permanently to the document ( or as I call it, applying them ). Yes, you can use the Delete button but the change has already been applied and added to the history panel. This isn't a major issue for adjustment layers or live filters as you will have only three entries each time, add, edit and delete ( see attachment adjustment.jpg ) - although if you experimented with lots of adjustments and/or filters it could quickly become an issue. However, try experimenting with some FX and keep an eye on the history panel - every tiny edit creates an entry even if you're just experimenting with ideas and decide not to use them ( see attachment effect.jpg ). 

[Old Bruce]

You can go back and create a new Branch in the history panel. Thus bypassing all those edits. I really don't want to have to click more buttons.

[razorpig]

You wouldn't have to click any more buttons. Instead of clicking 'X' you would click APPLY ( or OK  ), instead of clicking DELETE you would click CANCEL.