Transformation of filter masks
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.
But what should I do with the filter mask ? The only workaround I was able to think of, was to copy the filter mask to another layer in the same group as the smart object, transform the whole group and put the filter mask back to its original place. But I can hardly imagine that this is the suggested way to work by Adobe, or is it? Thanks for any help.
All I could find in the help is this:
> 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:
That's where smart objects come in handy.
I have tried to make an array from one smart layer and I have got fail:
1) After rotating smart object the menu item "Transform > Again" are
grayed out. But sometimes occasionally it becomes active and repeating
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).
Anyway, I made screenshots, but as you can see, it doesn't work out as required:
test image:
transforming the SMO:
"transform again" the filter mask:
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