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- Can others edit my Photos
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If you open the actions pallet and expand the list of steps...you should be able to change or edit any of the steps.
I've never tried any bought actions, so I don't know if they have any built-in protection against people changing them...but I don't see how they could.
Also, you could just run the action on your image, let it be flattened, save as something else, then open the original again and drop the new one on top. Then you have two layers and you can turn down the opacity of the top one. You should be able to do the same thing by creating a duplicate layer in the first place...as long as the action doens't try to flatten it.
Many of the actions that I've seen (again, not the bought ones) actually create a dup layer to start with anyway...so you always have the original layer in the working image.
When I'm going to do anything more than light editing...the first step is always to create a duplicate of the background layer.
I've never tried any bought actions, so I don't know if they have any built-in protection against people changing them...but I don't see how they could.
Also, you could just run the action on your image, let it be flattened, save as something else, then open the original again and drop the new one on top. Then you have two layers and you can turn down the opacity of the top one. You should be able to do the same thing by creating a duplicate layer in the first place...as long as the action doens't try to flatten it.
Many of the actions that I've seen (again, not the bought ones) actually create a dup layer to start with anyway...so you always have the original layer in the working image.
When I'm going to do anything more than light editing...the first step is always to create a duplicate of the background layer.