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I kept adding detail and now it's a mess โ€” I've killed it

FIX IT NOW

  1. First: go to the Gallery, swipe left on the piece โ†’ Duplicate. You now have a backup copy. Do this before touching anything
  2. On the original: hide layers one by one by tapping the checkmark on each. Keep hiding until the piece looks good again. When it does โ€” you've found the layer or layers that broke it
  3. Delete the problem layer, or reduce its opacity to 20โ€“30% rather than deleting โ€” sometimes a detail layer at low opacity is exactly right
  4. If you've been working mostly on one flat layer with no separation: Adjustments โ†’ Hue/Saturation/Brightness โ†’ reduce Saturation by 15โ€“20, increase Brightness slightly. Then Adjustments โ†’ Gaussian Blur at 1โ€“2px. This won't make it painterly โ€” but it softens the harshest edges enough to assess what's worth keeping versus what needs to go
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