Link Smart-Object Filter mask to transformation of Smart object

Often it would be very nice, if you could link the filtermask of a smart object to the smart object itself. So that when you transform the SM (rotate, scale etc) the filtermask of the smartfilter is transformed, too.

It would seem if a linked layer mask can be transformed with the smart object the filter mask could be linked as well.
I didn't mean the workaround to be vote against the request. But it does have an added benefit. When you transform a smart object with almost any smart filter the appearance of the filter changes. Blurs become more or less blurred depending on the transform. Same with sharpen. If you want the effect of the filter to appear the same after the transform you need to embed it into a new smart object.

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    ther must be a way to link smart objects with it's layer mask without having to rasterize....isn't there?

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    Hi. When I transform a smart object, its filter mask doesn't get transformed as well. The same holds true for the mask for the smart object itself, but one can put the smart object into a group and add the mask to the group as a workaround.
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    > By default, layer masks are linked to regular layers. When you move the layer mask or the layer using the Move tool, they move as a unit. Masks applied to Smart Object layers, including filter masks, arent linked to layers. If you move a filter mask or a layer using the Move tool, they do not move as one unit.

    Very good idea. But it doesn't seem to work (see screenshots below). I also run into the same issue as posted here:
    http://www.gthelp.com/showpost.php?p=354612&postcount=1 wrote:
    John Joslin - 12:07am Mar 27, 07 PST at the topic:
    <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@@.3bc3821c> wrote:
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    works!
    Me too, I have just been able to reproduce the issue. "Transform > again" is almost always grayed out, but once in a while the menu item is available (it seems to me pretty random as I don't change anything between between my transformation attempts).
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    Message was edited by: keg415

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