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davidvb77
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April 28, 2011
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P: Externally Linked Smart Objects

  • April 28, 2011
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I'm a UI designer and some of my PSD's become very complex over time which makes it extremely hard for our developers to find what they are looking for.
A search-tool in the layers palette would be helpful as well but what would be at least as welcome is a "reference" tool where i can add URLs (to Jira tickets for example) but more importantly add reference links to actual layer groups or layers. (After effects' way of linking layers would be perfect for that)

An example: if a developer is looking for a certain design they just need to click a link I provided for let's say "Login UI - final step - updated" and they simply go there in the layers panel by clicking a reference link.

This way others can use my complex ui psd's without problems.

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    July 24, 2020
    YES! I'm new to photoshop and am surprised this is not an option as way lower class apps have this embedded. hopefully they see this and promptly add indeed.  
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    May 11, 2020
    I am with Kimano, this is why I started using Procreate. Please create a screen record option in Photoshop.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    May 11, 2020
    I agree, the auto screen record feature is one of the only reasons why I use procreate to start pieces. I really wish Photoshop would adopt this so I can switch back completely to photoshop. 
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    January 21, 2020
    + A very good idea. I am also complaining about this situation. I entered here to report it. I hope they see us. 🙂
    SG...
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    SG...
    Adobe Employee
    April 2, 2014
    Hi Stuart,

    Since your reply was just merged over from another post:

    Please check out the new 14.2 update for Photoshop CC:
    http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotco...

    Julieanne Kost gives a really nice walk thru of the Linked Smart Object feature here:
    http://youtu.be/PVvhR5Yj_ag

    regards,
    steve
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
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    April 2, 2014


    Dear Photoshop,

    Please can we have TWO types of "Smart Object"

    Type ONE. A "Local / Imbedded" Smart object ( exactly as we have now ).

    and..

    Type TWO. A "Linked / Placed / Universal / Imported" Smart Object, i.e. an importable Smart Object that exists outside of the destination PSD and that can be shared by multiple PSDs
    powal1234
    powal1234
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    January 28, 2014
    @ Bradee,

    what about the other Things? Should we make up a new topic from this? I mean we miss the main topic here which was the overall implementation which is implemented 😃
    powal1234
    powal1234
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    January 28, 2014
    Thank you Bradee,
    I don't use the filtering mechanism very often. I wouldn't mind cluttering my workspace, especially with elements I'm familiar with from other software.
    The filtering mechanism somehow still feels like an obstacle.
    The desire would be to see all the Links and references in one view without further action - this could be useful considering big projects containing (and depending on) a lot of links. I can imagine this is no feature for everyone, so this tool could be hidden by default. What do you think?
    What do the others think?
    Bradee3727421
    Adobe Employee
    Bradee3727421
    Adobe Employee
    January 21, 2014
    Regarding the links panel... are you familiar with the layer search feature? It's nearly the same functionality without adding new panels to further clutter the workspace. At least that was our hope!
    powal1234
    powal1234
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    January 21, 2014
    I'd still be cautious regarding newer rendering engines on future Camera Raw version, different file interpretation, resizing etc. I think there could be a lot complex things to consider for a feature which (used incautiously) can cause destruction. Better choosing the save way.

    prices for SSD storage has dropped enormously. 100gb+ lightening fast SSD for -
    :-)
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