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ThioJoe
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ThioJoeCommunity Expert
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November 6, 2024
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Allow Setting Interpolation Method For Individual Smart Objects

  • November 6, 2024
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There was a popular thread with this request that I guess was locked after UserVoice was converted to the forum? https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-ideas/p-ability-to-choose-a-smart-object-s-interpolation-method-2013/idi-p/12249327

 

Anyway it's something that is pretty crazy that it hasn't been added in all this time.

 

I imagine it would be a dropdown that could appear at the top when the Move tool is enabled.

 

Here's the crazy thing: Nearest Neighbor scaling on smart objects is already possibly but only if you have it set as the Image Interpolation mode in the Preferences > General tab! So all that would need to be added for this feature is a dropdown setting and some kind of metadata property for the object on the backend to remember which interpolation method it was set to.

 

Because unfortunately even if you change the default to nearest neighbor temporarily to rescale a specific smart object then change it back, if you go to rescale that smart object again, it uses the new default. 

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    athletic_fact6385
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    November 16, 2025

    This feels like a little but needed quality of life improvement.

    It would take settings that are already implemented and makes them available to another place. Especially useful if you a) work a lot with smart objects and b) often switch through interpolation methods.

     

    When using a mixture of smart objects and "normal" layers, it's always confusing at first when there's not dropdown menu that already exists for basic layers and you suddenly have to change this setting in another place.

    So this would also improve Photoshop more in terms of making it feel more consistent.

    Stephen Marsh
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    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 6, 2024

    @ThioJoe – I know that you found my post, however, I thought that I would post it again for others, as it's relevant to the discussion:

     

     

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/resize-smart-object-via-selectable-interpolation-method-script/m-p/14887508#M831874

     

    P.S. Perhaps if a moderator reads this, they could unlock the original topic and merge the threads.

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