Smart Object as traditional link (as in InDesign or Illustrator)

Is there a way to link a smart object, so that updates are made to the originally placed object ....as opposed to creating a new vector file save in a temporaray folder. Is there a way to work with smart object like traditional links in InDesign and Illustrator?
Thanks

Check out this Links Panel that let’s you create Linked Smart Objects to external files:
http://www.ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3045&sid=70f368dca9bfd96f3c974ee11b798f9 7

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Convert an embedded smart object to a linked smart object

Hey guys,
love the new "linked smart object" functionality. However, I can not figure out how I can convert (or export) an existing embedded smart object to a linked smart object.
I have a huge photoshop file with several embedded smart objects that I would like to break down into a lightweigt photoshop with with links to the varios smart object photoshop files.
Is there any way to do this?
Thanks,
Philipp

Thanks a lot guys.
I am just now putting a document together with linked smart objects and I'm noticing that the file size of the PSD file still increases quite a bit. I thought the hole point of this was to have lightweigh psd files?
I currently have 11 1920x1080 linked smart object files in the PSD and the file size is already at 140MB. Any ideas why this is happening?

How do I (or can I) convert an embedded smart object into a linked smart object

If I start with an embedded Smart Object (S.O)., can I easily convert in into a linked type of S.O.? I have not seen this feature available in the tooling yet. Please advise.

Since an embedded smart object is, well, embedded, there's no way to just convert. You'll have to point a link somewhere.
If you want to keep the smart object as is, open it and "Save As" to a new location, then link to that (Place Linked). Then delete the old.

As a user of Extract, I would like to have the ability to open/access assets and information contained within smart objects or linked layers. Is this possible?

Problem:
In Extract ( Extract for PSD ) a user is unable to access assets or information from smart objects or linked layers.
Usage:
Smart Objects/Linked Layers are useful for templated web workflows
@Sectioning content allows for a holistic view with access to granular information
Possible Solution(s):
Could we create a link between to cloud files.
Could a smart object or linked layer be expanded on upload
Could we create a drop menu like the layer comps that includes related files

Hello Martin,
Our current support in Extract for Smart Objects includes showing them in the file, and using them on the backend when you request your layer(s) to be scaled while exporting (i.e., when scaling up, the highest quality image is used). We also display the colors, fonts and gradients from the included Smart Objects in the Extract Styles panel.
We have considered providing a way to open Smart Objects from within Extract, and could use some feedback from you on how this user experience would work best for you. Would you prefer option a) or b) below, and why?
a) When opening a Smart Object, it opens in the current browser window, replacing your current view of the PSD.
b) When opening a Smart Object, it opens in a new browser window, which receives focus (is the frontmost browser tab/window).
Also, if you tried to open a Linked Smart Object when the linked file is not available, what would you expect to happen?
Would you describe in more detail what you mean by: "Could a smart object or linked layer be expanded on upload?" and how you'd use this feature?
Regards,
brucebowman

I have an Adobe Indesign to Photoshop question - Smart Objects

I have an Adobe Indesign to Photoshop question - Smart Objects
I am copying and placing InDesign photo silhouettes and placing them into a Photoshop document for an online graphic.
I believe that the color holds up very well. It's when the JPG goes through a CMS ingest that the colors warp. A photo technician is able to correct the color.
I just need to get some insight on my process that (I think) I invented - since I don't see any discussions or videos online that back me up.
Any thoughts - or who could I access that might have an answer for me.
Thanks!

You haven't invented anything. Your server-side processing (based on something involving ImageMagik with PHP most likely) is simply stripping/ ignoring color profiles and converting the colors. This is very much the same issue as in your other post - your procedures just don't realyl make sense and you're basicalyl screwing yourself by using this methodology.
Mylenium

Smart Objects back-end question? How did it get so smart?

When i am working on a master PSD file with smart objects, i can see how those smart object layers are linked to the actual source files on my local computer hard drives.
When i go to edit a smart object layer on the master PSD file by double clicking on the SmartObject layer Icon, but on another computer, Photoshop recalls that source file even though it doesn't exist on that new computer.
It creates a file in the file path:
System Hard Drive
var
tmp
folders.501
TemporaryItems
source_file.psd (but named with the actual source file name).
How does this work? How does photoshop generate a new source file?
What happens to that source file? does it always live in that file path?

<<i can see how those smart object layers are linked to the actual source files on my local computer hard drives.>>
I'm afraid you're seeing wrong. Smart Objects are linked to nothing external to your PSD file. The original (raster, vector, RAW, PDF) image or object is IN you master PSD file. It's embedded. When you mess with the visible Smart Object, Photoshop consults the internal original but doesn't alter it.
When you edit a Smart Object, what's opening is a temporary file... merely a place for Photoshop to access the original image or object that is the basis for the Smart Object.

Creating Independent Smart Objects in the Same Document???

I'm not even sure how to ask this question really, so here goes. I downloaded a .psd file that is a catalog mockup. The document contains a smart object that looks like a catalog lying on a table top and I want to take my catalog art and place it in this smart object so that it looks like I've taken a nice photograph of my design work. That is the easy part!
What I want to do now is duplicate that smart object, put it underneath the original so it is peeking out and tilt it a bit. Then I want to put the back side of the catalog art on it so that it now looks like I've got both the front and back showing. Only problem I keep running into is that now when I click on the 2nd, duplicated smart object and put the different art (back of catalog) on it, it updates the original, first smart object that I want to show the front of the catalog. Frustrating!!!!
Basically I want the two smart objects to not link and update each other when they are in the same document. Is this possible? I can't find anything online so far and am running out of time. I even tried calling Adobe and that WAS A MESS.
Thanks!

Yay! Ok, so I had tried that before and it didn't work, but this time I dissected the layers a bit more and saw that whoever created the .psd file I downloaded had put masks on the catalog images so that is why the bottom catalog smart object that I duplicated wouldn't show anything on it except for where the top one overlapped it. It was driving me nuts. I trashed the layer masks and it worked fine
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How can we make smart objects smarter?

Smart objects are great and can be a really useful time saver. That said, i'm having a problem and I'm hoping that there is a solution out there. I'll preface this with the statement that, I may not be using smart objects as they were intended, but I feel like this is how they should work:
A basic example - say you have a "Login" button.
It would be great/obvious to have that as a smart object. It would be greater still to have the on, off, rollover, clicked states to be within that smart object.
Now, if you place that smart object as a linked object into a document, there is no way to say "in this instance, I want to show the off state of the button". If you open the smart object and change the state to that and save - then it will update all instances everywhere in all PSDs where it exists and all of your buttons are now in an off state.
Now, clearly, in this example, the easy answer is just make 4 smart objects. Easy peasy.
The problem with that is two fold:
1. if "Login" changes to "Logon" I need to make that change in 4 places instead of just one.
2. The button example is simple, but what if my smart object is more complicated than that? What if there a complex set of layers that make up that object? Making changes to multiple complex layer files kind of defeats the purpose of having smart objects no?
You can embed the object and thus break the external link and change things to your heart's content without effecting other instances - but then what really is the value of creating the smart object then? You might as well just have a layer group that you drag from PSD to PSD.
The way smart objects should work, IMHO, is that you should be able to toggle layers on and off per instance of the object, BUT any pixel modifications to a layer within, bubble up to all instances that are displaying that layer (say - a colour change, or text change, etc).
Thoughts?

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Resetting Smart Objects

Since no-one else seems to have done this. I seem to remember making this request once before, but here goes again
The ability to take Smart Object Transform values back to their default (the original resolution of the embedded object). A simple control click on the Smart Object with the option "Reset Smart Object" would do. Or "None"
I will also add to this one other Smart Object feature request also made previously -
The ability to show in the layers panel, Smart Objects that are linked Instances of each other - so that these are easily distinguishable by icon, from Smart Objects that are independent objects.

The forum is effective, just indirect.
In the forum, other users can offer feedback, and everyone can request more details.
When something goes into the bug/feature database, it's closed to the rest of the world.

Why do vector shapes in scaled smart objects blur?

This remains a point of frustration.
Why does converting a vector shape to a smart object in Photoshop mean that it's then treated as a bitmap and blurs when scaled up?
If i paste the same vector shape into Illustrator and then back into Photoshop as a smart object it then behaves correctly, and remains sharp.
See the image for example of what i mean. Left is the master shape, centre is it converted into a smart object in Photoshop, right pasted to and from Illustrator. These were then scaled 300% resulting in the centre one blurring.
I don't really want to have to invovle Illustrator in this way and keep all my vector work in Photoshop now it has the tools to do so, but this issue creates me a lot of extra work.
Or am i doing something wrong?
Rob

Smart Object layers are transform to other sizes through interpolating the pixels rendered for the embedded object not be using vector graphics on the embedded object.. If your resize resizes the pixel count way un the image will become soft. Yoy can try seting your Photoshop Default interpolation setting to other setting then Adobe default Bicubic Automatic to something like plain bicubic which IMO is a better general purpose option then Bicubic Automatic.
You can also open the embedded object by double clicking the smart layers smart object icon in the layers palette. Once opened in Photoshop resize the vector graphic using Image size and save the embedded vector object larger. Photoshop will update the smart object layers content then.

Edit smart object problem - CS4

I have some Illustrator art placed in Photoshop as a smart object. The object contains one main element and then a smaller element off to the side. Now that the object is placed as a smart object I want to edit the content in Illustrator and remove the smaller element that is off to the side. The problem happens that once the element is removed the remaining art placement in the Photoshop document shifts position relative to the new center of the art. Is there any way to change/prevent this?

Giving the objects no fill/stroke has been my work around in the past however this particular element is extremely complex and I was hoping that I could find a quicker and better way. I like the idea of the no fill/stroke bounding box. I will give that a try but I see a potential problem with effects like drop shadows and such. I think that if those effects are expanded and the bounding box set to the area of the expanded raster it might work. I wish that it was "smart" enuf to realize how it was placed/edited and not have to add elements that are for nothing more than to keep it ancored. Is this how it is in CS5?

Smart Object goes to Preview not Illus

I recently upgraded to Maverick. I have found to my frustration that when I click on an Illustrator file that it opens as a pic in Mac's Preview - which I don't want. Now, worst of all, if I click on a smart object in Photoshop it should take me to Illustrator, but now it goes to Preview. I assume we have experienced this at this point, but I couldn't find any discussions related to this issue.
Anyone have a clue as to how to fix this issue other than dump Preview?
Thanks,
Ron

If anyone else has this issue, I found the solution in Apple Forums.
If you have a Photoshop file that has a Smart Object which defaults to Preview, get out of the file. At the Photoshop file icon, right click it (or control click if you are still clinging to that old single clicker) and choose Get Info. In this file, towards the bottom of the page there is a button called Open With - choose Photoshop. Oh! Also, before closing out, be sure to click on another button just below this that says Always Open With (or something to that effect). Close your Get Info window and open your Photoshop file. Now, when you double click the Smart Object icon it should open the Smart Object in Illustrator.
Yeah!!!!

Linked Smart Objects

When you send a PS file which has a linked Smart Object to a print vendor, will you need to send the linked Smart Object file as well?

That's what I was afraid of. As a print vendor AND a designer I'm concerned that word has not gotten out that linked objects will need to accompany the file and we will end up dead in the water when we need to open up a photoshop file with a linked smart object. This is a relatively new problem for Photoshop, although InDesign and even many Illustrator users know that links need to be sent. In fact, we're seeing the opposite trend in InDesign, where artists are embedding artwork in their InDesign file rather than linking, which has both pluses and minuses.
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Linking Smart Objects

Does anyone know of an Extension that Links Smart objects. Much the same way you would link in InDesign or Illustrator?
I used to use one in CS4 'Smart Objects Link Panel',but since upgrading to CC I cannot use this extension.

http://ps-scripts.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3045
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