P: Externally Linked Smart Objects

owww that is sweet! Will try it soon!

Thanks for the tip! I fixed it.

Hi Aaron, thanks for sharing. FYI - Looks like you YouTube video isn't showing. You probably need to use the legacy embed code option from YouTube for it to work on this site.

I'm also a UI designer, and I've been frustrated by the same. So I've been working to build on and improve beyond the links panel plugin mentioned above. Take a look and let me know what you think -- I'm interested in adding more features to it to support UI designers like you and me.
You can get it at: http://CanLinkIt.com

Dear Adobe Gripes #12402 & #4540

"Please give smart objects the power they deserve by linking them to real files, and then auto-updating the files with the smart objects."

"Please make 'Place' in Photoshop work like in InDesign. Updates to external file = Updates in Photoshop."

Dear Adobe Gripe #13919:

"Please allow a Photoshop file to link to several psd components, making components within your psd easily updatable, much like Indesign. Componatize man!!!"

Exactly! This is one of the biggest things structurally wrong with photoshop's file handling in a "new" media world. This and the neglect of web design specific UI sollutions..

I'd love to see changes to Smart Objects propagate across different files where the same smart object is used. If you're working on designs for high-resolution tablets it's not really feasible to store all screen designs in one document, which means you can't use Smart Objects for common interface elements.

DvB, you should make a separate suggestion for each idea. They will have more visibility than if they are buried in a different thread.

Ok, I don't know if this one is technically possible, but it worth a shot I guess...

To pass it on as good as possible I'll have to describe it on the example.

Let's say we have the image of the product - the image itself is huge, has a lot of layers. We have to create some labels on top of the product image - let's say a few versions.

Now, it would be great if we could work on that labels on separate files, but having a preview of the product (as a 'preview' layer?).
Instead of having all the layers of the product image in each of the label image file we could have just one layer (flatten product image).

So the file would weight less, Photoshops performance would be better... and if we have to change anything in the product image it would reflect in all of the label files.