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Smart Object warp

 

If you have a Smart Object made from a Photoshop document or object on a layer, you can warp it any way you like. However, if the Smart Object is a Vector Smart Object from Illustrator, you cannot warp it. The solution is simple, yet odd: convert the Vector Smart Object to a Smart Object (from the Layers panel’s flyout menu) and then it can be warped. If you need to edit the original Illustrator artwork, you’ll have to double-click on the Smart Object’s layer thumbnail to open a Photoshop document that contains the Vector Smart Object. Double-click on its layer thumbnail to open it in Illustrator. (It’s easier than it sounds.)

2 Comments

  1. Toby Fairchild said on — March 2, 2009 @ 10:54 pm

    Super Tip Corey. This will save having to do even more cumbersome workarounds if someone didn’t know this easy one.

  2. terezza said on — July 14, 2010 @ 2:36 am

    Thanks for tip!

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
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