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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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    davidvb77Author
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    April 29, 2011
    I bet! A live search(filter) in the layers panel (like in the AFX plugin panel) would be easier i suppose. i would pay extra for just having that feature! haha
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    J453
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    April 29, 2011
    Yup. It's a possibility. We have a lot of requests on our plate so we'll see.

    I recommend using this panel with tabbed documents turned off.
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    davidvb77Author
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    April 29, 2011
    i will give it a try when i return from vacation! i see there are some stability issues on cs5 so ill mess around with it at home first.. 🙂 Any chance of something like this ever making it into Photoshop by default?
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    J453
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    April 28, 2011
    I know it's not perfect, but hopefully it's a worthwhile tool short of a built-in solution.
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    J453
    Legend
    April 28, 2011
    Hi David,

    Check out this Links Panel that let's you create Linked Smart Objects to external files.

    Here's an article with tutorials from Viget Inspire: Linked Smart Objects in Photoshop
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