Smart Filters

After I convert a file as smart object, I have no access to the filters : Blur / Field Blur, Iris Blur and Tilt-Shift. How can I access them? Thanks

Hi,
What operating system and do you have the cloud version or perpetual license version of photoshop cs6?
If you have the cloud version, that was added in one of the available updates and possibly on 13.04 version for macs.

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Ps CS6 Problem: Transform applied to Smart Object fails to transform an attached Smart Filters Mask

Ps CS6
OSX 10.6.8
Problem: Transform applied to Smart Object fails to transform an attached Smart Filters Mask.
I mean a Transform, including Free Transform, as found in the Edit menu. A simple move by the Move Tool is OK.
A workaround until this bug is squashed is to encapsulate the Smart Object + Smart Filters + Filter Mask inside another Smart Object and transform that.
However, that will not be a satisfactory solution in some cases. If a filter has size parameter(s), e.g. Gaussian Blur radius, a scaling or warping/distorting transform applied after the filter will obviously differ from the filter applied after the transform.
In any case, the workaround is inconvenient to subsequent editing and experimenting with filters and masks.

R_Kelly wrote:
I don't think that's a bug since the implementation seems to be purposely done.
It's been that way since photoshop cs3.
If its been like that since CS3 then I think it's a bug which remains because nobody (or not enough people) has complained before.

Smart filters that blend through multiple layers?

Does anyone know if this is possible? I'd like to use Smart Filters - or something - to stack filters in a way that's cumulative and applied to the layers below. It's been a couple versions since I really sank my teeth into the deeper parts of layer blending. Just wondering if this is possible. I know how to simulate the effect with clever masking and lots of filters, I was just wondering if it's been implemented in a more interactive way.
For example, I'd like to create a Gaussian Blur masked effect (white box below), and layer it up with other Gaussian Blur effect layers so that their effect where they overlap is cumulative (blue box). Basically I'd like the area of the effect to be a live, movable widget, and be able to arrange these widgets dynamically.
Make sense? Is this a feature request? Or is it one of those "oh man that's been in Photoshop since 3.0, you didn't know?" things.

Well, in Photoshop CS2 I haven't seen any way to do that, although if you find a way be sure to share!!
But CS2 does have some image-modifying filter-like layers (AKA fills and adjustment layers). It creates a new layer that applies adjustments to the layers underneath and it has an editable mask. Although they don't have as much variety as filters themselves (or gaussian blurs for that matter), they are stackable and incredibly useful when you want reversable edits!
The adjustment layer button are right by the "New Layer" button--it's the half black half white circle. Sorry if you already knew about this, just trying to be of at least some help! Maybe those CS3-54 users can provide further insight into this...?
-Monica

Making all Filters work as Smart Filters

In CS3 you could change something to make all filters act like smart filters, even though they won't. I found this worked very well, now I have CS4 and would like to do the same but can't remember what to do to make it work. Anyone remember what to do?

It works in CS4 because I tried it before replying.
If, after doing the conversion, you go to the filter gallery, you will see which filters will work on the Smart Object image,
What are the add-ons you refer to? They may not work the same way.
Other than that you may be "misremembering" it or doing something wrong. Try it with a simple one-layer RGB 8 bit/channel image.

Is it possible to use a vector filter mask for smart filters?

Hello
I have a very specific question. With smart objects, you can use smart filters and you can use a smart filter mask to define the filter effect area. Now, the filter mask is like a regular layer mask, in that its effectively a raster image. I'm wondering if it's possible to use a vector filter mask as well? I haven't yet found an option to do so. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm using Photoshop CS5.
Thank you
R. Kroll

I'm wondering if it's possible to use a vector filter mask as well?
Not to the best of my knowledge.
A possible workaround (depending on the SO) might be to duplicate it, apply the Filter and apply the Vector Mask to the SO itself.

Moving smart layer mask to the smart filters as a mask

Can I move smart layer mask to the smart filters on the same layer as a mask?

It has been solved ... thanks.

Radial Blur Smart Filters Change when I drag in a new layer - whats going on?

I've got a pretty heavy document; an architectural CG composite type image, Renders, Passes, Masks and People. The people are smart objects.
I've got a couple of radial blur smart filters running on these object, to blend them in, everything is looking ok.
So I open up a new file of a person I'd like to drop in, and when I do - the smart filters rearrange (even though the new layer I'm dropping in inst smart yet) and is no way near the smart objects in my layer stack.
I cant quite work out whats happening, and why its happening. Frustrating, as I have say, a 99% fine image, I just want to add someone else - and then suddenly the radial blurs have shifted direction.
Can anyone explain? I'm currently rasterizing as a workaround, though this negates the whole point really, many thanks
Inky

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Using Smart Filters to keep Camera Raw and filter plug-ins access

I am wondering if what I am trying to do is reasonable and possible.
I know I have seen some workarounds where you can open a RAW file directly in Camera RAW,copy a background, make it a smartfilter, and do your editing and then I guess you can go back and still access your Camera RAW settings which definitely has value. This kind of is outside my normal workflow as I normally start with Lightroom and that won't work I don't think from Lightroom (unless perhaps if I send it to PS "without LR adjustments?". Now of course you always have access to the original file and starting settings in lightroom, but once you layer PS edits and layers on top of that, you really can't go back. I'd be willing to start from within Photoshop if somehow this would work.
And, I regularly use smartfilters when I use my NIK filters in PS.
What I ran into today was a situation where it would have been VERY nice to be able to go back to my camera RAW starting develop settings before I went down a long path of Colorefex and Silverefec filters. Well, at the end, I determined my RAW sharpening was too strong at the beginning of my workflow. So I was able to get back to my filter settings of course, but I could not get back to Camera Raw to adjust that.
So, is there a way to somehow keep your Adobe Camera RAW settings available to access, however while still being able to layer NIK filters also in a smart filter situation? Is this a multiple smartfilter soluton?
Thanks for any input,
BJBBJB1

Jeff,
Thanks, I do have the same version of ACR in LR3 and CS5.x.
I am willing to deal with the larger file sizes. So the question is, how do I do it from either within PS or from Lightroom?
Do I need 2 layers, one for the ACR smartfilter and one for my NIK filters. Can I do it with one?
BJBBJB1

Setting up adjustment layers and smart filters to allow fine tuning of parameters

I'm trying to set up a set of layers for a sort of Jill Greenberg effect that enables me to easily (dynamically) fine tune the parameters used in the various layers and filters, but I cannot find a way to set this up without using a layer group converted to a smart object (which obviously puts in a big out-of-process step)
I'm using cc: Is there a better way to do this that will enable me to tweak everything dynamically?
Here is what I am doing so far:
open adjusted photo
duplicate background
convert dup to smart object
apply high pass filter (about 60)
apply gaussian blur (about 30)
make this layer into group
add a black and white adjustment layer inside the group
add a curves adjustment layer inside the group
tweak curves so that value below 115 outputs zero and evey value above 140 outputs 255
change blend mode of group to overlay (or 1 of that family)
turn down opacity of the layer
this results in 'contour lines' in the image - to fix this the group image needs to be blurred, but to do this I either need to convert the group to a smart object
-or-
flatten the group and apply a blur filter and set overlay mode then turn off group.
By using alt-ctrl-shift-e it's actually a bit easier to tweak using the flatten technique than the group as a smart object (which means an out of process edit), but neither method is ideal.
Any smart idea to improve this?

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How do I apply Smart Filters to video layers?

Hello! This is my first time making an animated GIF in Photoshop, so I'm a little frustrated. I've looked all over the web and on the Adobe site on how to apply filters throughout all video layers. All resources tell me to "convert the video layer into a Smart Object and apply filters, which will carry throughout the other layers." I open up my GIF file and convert my very first layer/frame into a Smart Object and apply my Reduce Noise filter; when I do this, the filter only applies to the first layer/frame and not for the other 187 layers/frames. Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?

put levels on which you want to apply the filter, you will see them in the time line as a group ten apply filter, you can also adgust them all in time line...
sam

Trying to render smart filters at high resolution: 'Could not complete the command because Appletalk is not connected'

I'm trying to increase the size of a large file for printing as a banner. Whether I try to up the resolution or increase the size (maintaining the resolution) I get an error when the resizing finishes and it tries to recreate the halftone filter:
'Could not complete your command because Appletalk is not connected'
Any ideas?
Colin
Macbook Pro (late 2013)
2.3 Intel i7
16gb Memory
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB.

I seem to be able to work around the problem by converting the image I want to halftone into a smart object. That said, the error has popped up again a few times, especially when I've tried to apply the filter to an object that's larger than the canvas. I have to crop it to the canvas size and then it seems to work. The message has also popped up doing other random things.
It seems to be connected to lack of space for my scratch disks more than anything (though correlation is not causation so who knows). What that has to do with a network error God alone knows though.

Smart filtering in Mail?

On Eudora you can right click on a name or word within a message and if a Mailbox exists with that name then it appears as you right-click and you can transfer to that Mailbox. Can something similar be done with Mail?

if you are not into editing smart mailbox plists by hand you can esily accomplish this by creating multiple smart mailboxes and combining them into further smart mailboxes. say, make smart mailboxes 1 and 2 using a bunch of AND conditions and a smart mailbox 3 with the condition that a message is in smart mailbox 1 OR in smart mailbox 2. that said, it's really not clear why this has not been implemented into GUI directly. it's been like this for a very long time. that mac os x hint you found is 4 years old.

Smart Filters: turn individual lines on/off. Line by line AND/OR

Two more Smart Collection desires.
1. A on/off box for each line
2. Boolean function picker for each line. AND/OR/NOT

Agreed that AND/OR//NOT implementations can be tricky. But it can be done well, or hidden under an advanced button.
It just seems silly that I have to cobble together a smart collection and filter to get what I want. For example if I want to view everything with either of two attributes, but not a third, I can't do that in a smart collection alone.

Liquify Filter is gone with the others smart filters

The liquify filter, the adaptive wide angle, the lens correction, oil paint and vanishing point are gone in my Filter menu and I can't find it anywhere... I'm really non happy because I have to work and that tools are gone! Anyone can tell me why? Maybe I forget something!

What version of Photoshop? Did this happen after installing an update? What operating system.
Sounds like an update didn't take, and you may now need to reinstall Photoshop.

Replace smart object script

Disclaimer: I do not know how to script, but am willing to learn and am looking for advice.
I need to replace the text in a smart object from a data list then save the updated file using the smart object text. Is there an existing script that will do this?
I cannot use a straight text layer because I'm performing a free distortion warp on the smart object that does not work on straight text. Using variables seems like a logical solution, but the only variable type for smart objects is "visibility".
Plan "B" is to "replace smart object" with a series of PSD files containing the appropriate text. This works great, but I don't know how to automate it. I can easily create the series of PSD files using variables, but don't know how to automate their insertion into the template containing the distorted smart object.
I'm looking forward to learning something new!

I took a quick look at your script.
I do not know where the the displacement map come in,
The script seem the be replacing the object content of the current smart object layer.
That layer can have had all sort of photoshop functions associated with it and has an associated transform. All smart object layer have an associated transform and may have smart filters and filter mask as well.
I see no code to handle the smart object size and make the replacement object have the same size or insure the replacement object is the aspect ratio and size. Replacing a smart object content does not change the current layer's associated the transform that transformed the original object. If the replacement object is not the same size as the original object the transform may not work like your expecting.
An associated displacement map may come into play because of smart filters on the smart object layer. Displacement maps content are either for the layers content or for lower layers content to make the current layer to conform to lower layers contours.
In fact I create a four image picture package template that used a smart object for the image. Added CS2 for a file type that could be used to replace the image in your script and ran your script. It did pop up the ACR dialog if I select a raw file but it worked perfectly for my portrait cr2 files are the same size and aspect ratio. Ast the object.
And a jpeg was saved to my desktop.
When a different size landscape orianted portrait image is selected here is the result

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