PSD Smart Object or Shapes into Flash as vector

I am working with a Flash file that has plenty of large
shapes/smart objects. I would ideally like to import these into
Flash as vector shapes, not as png, but am not sure if that is
possible, without recreating them in AI. Is there a way to do this
quickly and painlessly?
Thanks a lot for any help with this!

As to your question #2: by all means do any upsampling of the raw file inside Adobe Camera Raw through the ACR workflow options (looks like a link right under the ACR preview window) to the exact dimensions you'll be using. That'll give you the best quality.
Downsampling to upsample later is just nuts!
Re #1: "To keep file size down and to keep as much quality as possible" is an oxymoron. You get either or.
It's always best to work at the final output size.

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Cannot open as smart object from ACR into Ps

Hi
Using the current ACR:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 14.2.1 (14.2.1 20140207.r.570 2014/02/07:23:00:00) x64
Operating System: Mac OS 10.9.3
When I have a raw file from my Nikon, and I open it in ACR, if I hit the shift key, the button does not change to allow me to open as a Smart Object. When I hit OK, it obviously does not open as a Smart Object.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
j

It might matter. There's another way to get into Camera Raw, and that's with File - Open in Photoshop itself.
I don't use Bridge or another tool myself, just Photoshop, and with Camera Raw 8.5 started by File - Open, the shift key DOES change the button to [ Open Object ] for me.
Some folks have reported that the linkage from an external application to Photoshop CC (2014) isn't right with their installations, and that fully uninstalling Photoshop and reinstalling it has corrected the linkage. That's second hand info (I haven't had to go through it myself) but if you run out of options it's a thought. This might help you with that: Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6
-Noel

PSD Smart Object Output

So I work in production and tend to get files from one designer who likes to place Illustrator smart objects into Photoshop. This includes everything from headlines to small 6pt type as well as vector backgrounds. Since I need to send these files to various printers and have no control over how they output the files, I have been pulling his vector objects and recreating the files in Illustrator—he ususally has very little photoshop effects on his smart objects so it's not too difficult to do—just time consuming, as often the smart object is not to proportion when I export it.
So my question is, am I creating more work than necessary for myself? My belief is that I will get a cleaner output from Illustrator (especially for small type), plus I often have to repurpose designs into new sizes. Or does photoshop handle vector smart objects well enough that I could just leave everything.
Using CS6.
Thanks
Jeff

I assume you used CS5 in both offices?
Before CS5, SOs did not work on the principle of external links. If you were using CS4 or earlier, it's not likely you saw an edited SO just because you made an edit to your original AI file. There's no connection between the two.
Up to CS5, SO data is stored INSIDE Photoshop. When you double click an SO, that temporary file (the one you're asking about) opens to make your edits, then "disappears" once you save it. That's how and when the SO is updated.
It's my understanding that there's a plug-in or patch for CS5 that WILL permit linking. I don't have it but have read references to it in this forum. Someone will be along who knows more. But if such an add-on does exist, it's possible your success in the first office was due to it, and the machine in the second office didn't have it loaded?

Can We Paste Photoshop Smart Objects Into Illustrator (as Linked/Embedded)?

Since raster editing is much more limited in Illustrator, is there a way to link or embed an individual Smart Object from Photoshop into Illustrator? I know there is an option to Place a file into Illustrator. But what if I have a larger Photoshop document with many Smart Objects in it, and just want to copy and paste one of those into Illustrator, but also have it update when I update it in Photoshop. Is this possible?

Copy and Paste won't have a link to the original file. Only Place can have that.

Paste a Vector Smart Object into Photoshop

I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to paste a vector smart object from illustrator into photoshop without the dialog box coming up that has you accept the size/placement of the object.
I am able to do this using the code the scriptlistener plugin spits out but not without it. Unfortunately I'm running into a few problems with using the code the scriptlistener spits out so I was just wondering if anyone knew of a way to do it without that.
Thanks!

This is the best I could come up with...
pasteSO();
function pasteSO() {
var desc3 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc3.putBoolean( charIDToTypeID('AntA'), true );
desc3.putClass( charIDToTypeID('As '), stringIDToTypeID('smartObject') );
desc3.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID('FTcs'), charIDToTypeID('QCSt'), charIDToTypeID('Qcsa') );
var desc4 = new ActionDescriptor();
desc4.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Hrzn'), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
desc4.putUnitDouble( charIDToTypeID('Vrtc'), charIDToTypeID('#Pxl'), 0.000000 );
desc3.putObject( charIDToTypeID('Ofst'), charIDToTypeID('Ofst'), desc4 );
try{
executeAction( charIDToTypeID('past'), desc3, DialogModes.NO );
}catch(e){}

Is possible to save a vector.pdf with smart object?

Hi PS masters
I am finishing a poster, fully created in shapes in illustrator. Due to customers request I was forced to do some color corrections so I decided to use my PhotoShop CS6.
I imported vector files into my photoshop as smart objects, added some adjustments layer, few vector masks and I changed their layer style to get the finest result.
When I finished my work in PS I tryed to save this as .pdf
In my .psd there are shape layers, some groups and some adjustments layers with layer masks and changed Layer style to "color", one text layer and 3 smart objects imported from illustrator.
I want to keep my image scaleable for bigger resolutions.
... So I was trying to save this file as Adobe PDF but I found that whole graphic in exported .pdf was converted to raster, besides the border, cut marks and that one text layer.
I think that this is becuase of smart objects. (saving as .pdf without them works pretty good)
Now finaly my question. Is somehow possible to save this document from photoshop as vector.pdf? or is possible to import group of shapes from illustrator to photoshop as shapes in photoshop? no as smart objects.
I am running out of time so I saved it as high res .Jpeg, but I want to know if this is somehow possible for future use or If I have to rather avoid that solution.
Thank you very much for your reactions
// I just thought if I can use InDesign for that. Will be included .pdf file as raster? or it will stay scaleable even with smart objects in it?

I am sorry but I don't have vector files right now (I'm on another PC), but I can show you "old" version of a poster, where you can see parts of their structure

Why does the Amount slider on the Detail Panel reset to 0 when saving the file as a Smart Object?

Whenever I open a Smart Object PSD file to adjust previous settings in RAW, I have noticed that the Amount slider in the Detail panel has reset to 0. Does this reduce the files sharpening? Is this a normal behavior? Can this be prevented?
I use a Mac running 10.6.8 and Photoshop CS6, version 13.0.5 x 64.

This behavior happens only on Mac desktop computer, not on my Mac laptop running the same CS6.
After I've edited an ACR file (including sharpening in the Detail panel), I change the file into a PSD Smart Object to complete my edit by clicking on "Open Object". I immediately notice this PSD file is not sharp. If I click on the bottom right of the image icon to return to the RAW file, I find the Amount slider in the Detail Panel has changed from the sharpening amount I gave it, to 0.
If I do the exact same thing on my laptop (running a duplicate of the same Photoshop CS6), this behaviour does not happen. The image remains sharp as a PSD file, and if I check by returning to ACR, the Amount slider has maintained its setting.
Anything more you need?

Camera Raw / smart object ?

Using CS3 / CR / Bridge
Scenario:
I've shot 500 wedding images, sorted & edited them in Bridge. Now I'll look at each one in camera raw (in Bridge) and make any needed adjustments. I use CR and adjust / sync as many similar files as I can; zipping thru the 500 images quickly and save without opening, then in Bridge > Tools > Photoshop > Image Processor, I use the image processor to process all the 500 images (while I sleep), and save as tiff or psd. I set the CR options to process as a Smart Object. But the files don't process a SO.
Question:
Is there a way to process /batch process the 500 images and have them saved so later when I open them, they open as smart objects. I only fine tune the client "Picks" as they don't order all the 500 images shot. Now if I want to alter the color balance, exposure, etc., I can double click the smart object, go back into camera raw and make any adjustments/ refinements, click OK and it updates the file. This mantain's a higher integrity of the file.
In CR I know I can check the box "open as a smart object", but that only seems to apply if I immediately open the file (or files) and then save them. It is not practical or feasible to select 500 files, open and save them at one time. If I save the Raw file(s) to open later, (as in my above workflow) then it will not open as a smart object.
Another way to ask this question:
Why can't I use the Image Processor in Bridge / CR to process my 500 CR files as Smart Objects?
When in CR I can set the options to process as a SO, but that only will process the open file(s) in CR as SO. Not practical to process 500 files.
I checked on the Adobe Exchange but did not find any scripts or actions that would facilitate this.
Does anyone know if what I'm trying to do is possible and how?
Thanks,
JeffN

In an effort to keep this question / answer current, (this question is on listed on two forums) here is an answer from Jeff Schewe from the Photoshop > Mac forum.
31. Jul 29, 2010 3:58 PM in response to: Jeff_N
Re: Camera Raw / smart object ?
Jeff_N wrote:
Jeff S
Any thoughts, suggestions, or can this not be done.
I'm pretty sure it's a bug....when recording the action in CS5, if you change the Workflow Options to open as a Smart Object, ALL the settings are hardcoded into the recorded Open action step. This is wrong...if you open an image and change the Workflow OPtions but DON'T try to open as a Smart Object, the Open action is recorded correctly–only the Workflow Options are recorded and when processed the files properly retain their individual original settings. So, the act of changing the Workflow Options to make a Smart Object is incorrectly hard coding the settings in.

Smart Objects rendered incorrectly in CS6

Here is a logo, pasted as a smart object from Illustrator into Photoshop CS5.1 :
Here is the same logo pasted as a smart object from Illustrator to Photoshop CS6:
Note the gaps in the orange gradient at the top of the graphic, and the transparent areas in the border of the shield. This discrepancy appears (to me) to be a result of using a "sharper" antialiasing mode in CS6 which is leaving 1 pixel wide gaps between objects that are actually completely aligned to the same points in Illustrator. Scaling the object will result in the gaps showing up in different areas of the graphic. This is incorrect behavior on the part of Photoshop CS6. Will there be a fix forthcoming? I'll have to keep working in Photoshop CS5.1 for the time being until issues like this are resolved.

I think the discussion got sidetracked here on talking about anti-aliasing of "raster" smart objects. THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS COMPLAINT IS ABOUT.
The original complaint, which still stands, is that vector artwork is now rendering with 1 pixel wide gaps between elements that are, in Illustrator, exactly aligned. If you go back and look at my original two examples, the logo in the second screen shot has gaps in the orange banner in the logo, and is missing elements in the border around the shield. These are gaps or holes in the logo caused by a change in the way vector objects are rendered in Photoshop CS6. This can NOT be corrected by changing the antialiasing style - there is no choice of rendering method used. You get the new one, that is broken.
In this particular example, I opened up an old CS5.5 Photoshop file in CS6, and edited it. During that process I resized the logo a little bit, and didn't notice the gaps and lines that now appeared in the logo. I ended up sending out artwork that was affected by this bug. Luckily I did finally notice and in the nick of time was able to fix it by using the .PNG export work-around.
I was going to post a very simple example where I had a grid of filled boxes in Illustrator that were exactly adjacent to each other, which should result in a single larger solid box in Photoshop, but instead results in 1 pixel wide gaps between the elements. You can do this experiment for yourself. The reason I have not posted such an example is that, to my dismay, this example also now exhibits the same thin gaps in Adobe Illustrator CS6. So the rendering of vector images is broken there, as well.
Dragging and dropping elements out of InDesign into Photoshop is also a workflow that I have developed when creating web pages from previously produced print designs. This bug also affects this workflow. Every seperate vector shape in a logo or other compound artwork is now being rendered in such a way that small gaps might appear between elements that should be touching. I imagine that they are being pixel aligned or otherwise sharply antiased so that two shapes that are touching in the vector artwork are now being drawn not-touching. In the original example, if I resize the logo to a different size, the places the gaps happen change - some places that are gapped now touch, others that didn't have gaps now do.
THIS IS A BUG which will affect legacy artwork, and will affect workflows. This has degraded the usability of the Creative Suite as a whole, and should be corrected as soon as possible.

Why does the Amount slider of Camera's RAW Detail Panel revert to 0 when opening a Smart Object in Photoshop?

I use CS6 on a Mac running 10.6.8. I edit images in RAW, then covert to a Smart Object for final editing in Photoshop. I've noticed the image in Photoshop is not sharp, and when I check by returning to RAW, I can see that just the Amount slider (Detail Panel) has reverted to 0, but the other sliders are as I have set them.
Does anyone know what may cause this problem and how to solve it?

This behavior happens only on Mac desktop computer, not on my Mac laptop running the same CS6.
After I've edited an ACR file (including sharpening in the Detail panel), I change the file into a PSD Smart Object to complete my edit by clicking on "Open Object". I immediately notice this PSD file is not sharp. If I click on the bottom right of the image icon to return to the RAW file, I find the Amount slider in the Detail Panel has changed from the sharpening amount I gave it, to 0.
If I do the exact same thing on my laptop (running a duplicate of the same Photoshop CS6), this behaviour does not happen. The image remains sharp as a PSD file, and if I check by returning to ACR, the Amount slider has maintained its setting.
Anything more you need?

Edited vector Smart Objects update pixilated in Photoshop

Hello everyone, hope you can help.
I import CS3 Illustrator vector EPSs as smart objects into PSDs which works fine... until I need to edit the smart object. I follow the prompts on screen and double click on the smart object which opens an Illustrator file - edit - and save per prompts. When I return to PSD, smart object looks blurry and pixilated. Only solution I can find is to make the changes again to original Illustrator file and re-import as smart object. I know this isn't the way it's meant to work - probably doing something really silly. Have searched forums and can't find any similar problem which seems to confirm that it's me not the programme.
Any help greatly appreciated.

Hi,
Thanks for getting back. I should have probably mentioned I'm working in CS3.
Re Colour Mode: Both Illustrator EPS and PSD are CMYK.
Re Colour Profile: Not very technically savy about these things. I know that under 'colour settings' the default is for Creative Suite applications to be synchronised for colour management. I double checked and Illustrator and Photoshop are still in sync, and I'm not getting any warning messages when I open the PSD about colour profiles being mismatched or missing etc. After that I'm not really sure what to check next?
Re »Replace Contents« Smart Object: Replacing the contents sorts out the 'blurry' pixilated' issue but leaves me with another problem... because it replaces from the original file - but edits, when done from PS, seem to made to another (imbedded?) file, leaving the original intact. So instead of double clicking on the SO icon in Photoshop to edit a Smart Object, I'll have to open the original vector EPS in Illustrator - edit - save - then replace contents in Photoshop.
Thanks for your help Christoph. I think this one will have to resigned to the 'buggy glitch' file.

Smart Objects...changing canvas size problem

When changing the canvas size of a smart object, the layer on the original document will distort visually since it doesn't update the size of the smart object.
Is there a solution to this, or an easy way to quickly update every instance of the smart object on the original doc?
To clarify: I know that you can change the dimensions of the smart object on the original doc and it'll fix it, my question is if there's a way to automatically have that happen and have the original doc smart objects respect your canvas size changes on the smart object doc.
Reproduce:
1) Draw a circle
2) Turn it into a smart object
3) Go into the smart object, change the canvas size by increasing the height of the canvas. The smart object should now have a circle with blank space above/below it.
4) Save the smart object
5) The circle on the original document will now be squished.
I'm using Photoshop CS5

xg3 wrote:
When changing the canvas size of a smart object, the layer on the original document will distort visually since it doesn't update the size of the smart object.
When you change the canvas size of a document the only layer that will change is a backgroung layer for it does not support transparency so its pixels will be changed. However a background layer should not distort it may be cropped and have canvas added in which case the color of the empty canvas can be set in the canvas size dialog. All other layer including Smart Object layer should not chang at all. Layer positioning in relationship to the canvas and the new canvas size is set during the canvas size change. Layers can be any size and have any aspect ratio. Their sizes can be smaller, the same or larger then the canvas size. Even layer that can fit within a documents canvas size may be positioned so that all, some or none of the layer is over the documents canvas.
I do not know what you mean when you write the original document chages. A smart object layer has an embedded copy of an object. The original document is not touched. You can open the smart object layer embedded object in Photoshop by double clicking on the smart object icon in the layers palette smart object layer and change it size. And distort it f you wish. When you use Photoshop save. Photoshop will change the enbedded object in the smart object layer. You can also leave the embedded smaro object as is and change the smart object layer size and distort it using transform on the smart object layer itsself.
I think what you did was to open the smart object in photoshop change its canvas saze then save it. The updated smart object is realy round but you dont see that it is becaue it is being transformec ti fit the original documents canvas. If you do a Canvas size on the codument you will see the original docyment canvas size is not change and thet your now squaching a now changed taller object into a shorter canvas. With each Smart Obkect layer there is as associated transform.
No I was wrong I just tried that and it looks like the transform was not the problem as yo can see I dir a Ctrl+T so you can see the size of the smart object layer is now biger then the original document and is positioned centered canvas is still 300x300 white area in image

Illustrator CC crashing during Vector Smart Object save

I have a user who is running Adobe CC under Yosemite on a new 5K iMac.
After a few weeks of no issues she is suddenly unable to open Vector Smart Objects from Photoshop into Illustrator and save them after editing.
Illustrator crashes as soon as she tries to save.

Do you mean that you are double clicking on placed smart object and you get the error. Is the smart object originally from Illustrator and does Illustrator open open?
Would help to know more detail about EXACTLY when your error happens and far you get. This way we can determine if you have a file association problem, memory problem, corrupt font/image problem.

Return file to resolution of Smart Object?

I often make a photo into a Smart Object within my file and then resize my file smaller for web.
That way I can keep a copy of my original photo at full size but apply colour correction, sharpening etc at the web size.
So lets say the image dimensions are 300px wide but that file holds a smart object that is much larger.
Is there an easy way to return the file to the larger size without losing my color adjustment layers etc?
I know I can just make it larger but I want to return to the exact size of the smart object without having to open said smart object, record the size and then go back and enter it.

emil emil wrote:
conroy wrote:
Sudarshan Thiagarajan wrote:
After you resize your SO to the size it originally was not in, hit Cmd + T or Ctrl + T (Win) to go to Free Transform mode. Then on the menu bar, resize the W & H values to 100%. It will revert the SO to its 100% dimension.
Follow that with Image > Reveal All.
This will work only if the rest of the layers are adjustment layers without having any masks. If there are masks they will not scale along.
I believe all that menu "Image>Reveal All" does is simply add canvas to the document so that the canvas size will not mask off any pixels of any layer. No other resizing is done. The canvas size may actually be larger then the smart object image layer layer's size after the Image Reveal All. The actual Smart Object Image layer will still be 100% image size and may be smaller then canvas size. So IMO conroy is correct. The smart object layer will be still be 100% images size after the image reveal all operation and none of its pixels will be masked off by the canvas size..
If other layers are involved that create a composite image. Image Size would be the proper tool the resize all the layers involver. How well the other layers resize back up depends of the layers. Transforming only the smart object image layer is not the proper thing to do. It would be best to group all layers involved in the composite including the smart object image layer into a single smart object layer before the original down size.
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How do you update the location of linked smart objects?

The new linked smart object feature was a low-key feature but it's fundamentally changing our workflow for the better!
Quick question, is there a way to update the paths to linked smart objects or will Photoshop work it out? I can't see a links panel under WIndow or file so am not sure how you do it sorry.
I'm about to edit these files at home and want to make sure Photoshop can find the links - as well as find everything when I copy it all back to the server and work.
Cheers
ben

Yes, the linked smart object can be either raster or vector, but they will be placed as raster images, just as the embedded SO are. SO can be embedded or linked to an outside file. Edits to the original will not update in the original until you select "Update modified content from the menu" when you reopen the file that has the place SO in it. otherwise it will update when you save the linked file. Yes, there still is an advantage to having an embedded SO. You may not want to maintain the links - send a file off and forget to include the linked files. You may want to alter the SO, but not the original file.
Ah, thanks. But does this mean that raster and vector smart objects can EITHER be located within the Photoshop file (as they have been since their advent) OR linked to an external file?
And if so,
1. Can this linked file be either raster or vector?
2. Do edits to it automatically update the Photoshop file?
3. Is ther any longer any advantage to having the smart object data stored within the Photoshop file when it can be linked?

PSD Smart Object or Shapes into Flash as vector

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