Note: PS Smart Object

 

What are smart objects?

A smart object is a layer that contains image data in a grid or vector image (such as a photoshop Or illustrator file. Intelligent objects retain the source content of the image and all its original features, allowing you to perform non-destructive edits on the layer. (-- From Adobe's readme document)

1. Intelligent objects can achieve lossless processing.
This is the biggest benefit and feature of it. It is the ability of intelligent objects to perform non-destructive editing on layers, that is, lossless processing. We will certainly encounter this situation when using ps, when you zoom out the image on a layer (normal layer) and then expand it, the image will become blurred. If you convert the layer into a smart object in advance, no matter how much deformation is done, the image is always the same as the original effect, and there is no Blur (Of course, this also has a limit, that is, it cannot exceed the original size of the image), because after you set the layer to a smart object, all pixels are protected during deformation.

2. edit a smart object. All Smart Objects will be edited together.
If you convert one or more layers to a smart object, copy them several times and edit any layer, the other layers will change the same. This makes it easy for us to process images with many layers. In addition, you can add layers of any smart object to an image as a separate image, and then edit it. After processing, you can also restore it to the original image. At this time, the layers of all other intelligent objects will also be added to the editing effect of the layer separately proposed.

3. Powerful replacement functions of intelligent objects (used as templates ).
We know that in PS, we can copy and paste all the layer styles you added on a layer to another layer, but she is only limited to the layers of the same image, after you perform a series of adjustments, filters, and other edits on the layer of a smart object on an image, you can easily apply these edits to another image, you just need to right-click "replace content" in the menu and it will help you copy and paste the editing effect on the a image to the B image.

How to create smart objects?

There are several methods to achieve this:

1: file-open as a Smart Object (this method makes the file a smart layer when it enters Photoshop );

2: copy the file content from illstrator;

3: select one or more layers in Photoshop and convert them to Smart Objects in the shortcut menu.

How to edit smart objects?

When you double-click a Smart Object layer, a new file window of. PSB is opened. The content of the Smart Object layer is included. After processing the desired results. Remember to save this. PSB file (CTRL + S) 5 so that the corresponding objects and copies in the. PSD document will change. Of course, each smart object. PSB file can also be stored separately for reuse in future designs.

 

 

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Note: PS Smart Object