P: Smart Objects: Auto-convert JPGs to PSD

Definitely not related. But my guess is your solution is to select the Smart Object and choose Layer>Smart Objects>Export Contents... to export the original document out to a separate layered file.

That doesn't sound related to this topic. It sounds like you don't know what smart objects are or how they work. You probably want to read about smart objects in the Photoshop help so you'll have some idea how to work with them.

Also, the period key is stuck on your keyboard - you should get that checked.

Hi Genius,

I am using PS CS3 and one of my PSDs became a Smart Object somehow.......... WHen I opened it ... all layers were merged........... I clicked on the Smart Object part in the Layer window and my layers were restored........... not I made a lot of updations & changes to it........... I saved the file ..... closed it and opened it............. all my latest changed have gone......... How can I get them back......... please help.......... Lots of time wasted............ Thanks in advance........

Regards,
Thendral

I'm not sure we can recognize a "save a copy as" from saving as a new format. Smart Objects are not omnicient, and we try to minimize the connections between parent and child documents.

But we should at least warn the user if they save a child file under a new name.

Please feel free to change it to an "idea" instead of bug, but definitely not obvious workflow at all.

Right, but we should recognize this and offer to replace the contents. The workflow isn't obvious to the user. Their intent is modify and replace contents (they don't really care about the details that the file type needs to change)

So, as described, this isn't a bug. He's saving the file under a new name (because of the extension change), and Photoshop can only update from the original file name (pretty much the same as any app that supports linked files).

We have to keep the original file contents for the smart object. (drag a JPEG, then we have to store it as a JPEG)

Changing the file type later, might be possible.

That is correct - need to add a new layer.
Basically I think that any image dragged into the canvas should be saved as a PSD smart object, not as a JPG. Or have it be clever enough to save as PSD if you add a layer to an image.

Same problem with PNG. if you add a layer, File>Save... will pop a dialog. If you want to keep your layers you need to save it somewhere else and the contents aren't updated with the change.