Smart Object filename being changed.

Question

Windows 10, Br 14.03.200, ACR 16.2.1.1767, Ps 25.6

Perhaps I missed this default behaviour change ... but when I open a single RAW file as a Smart Object using ACR from within Bridge the image file name gets appended with a "-1". If I close the image from Photoshop (without saving) and then reopen the same file as a SO from ACR it then gets appended with "-2". Repeating the same routine (open as SO from ACR, close without saving in Ps, open as SO from ACR, close without saving in Ps, ...) results in progressively higher numbers being appended to the single file being opened (img1928-1, img1928-2, img1928-3, img1928-4, img1928-5, etc..).

Has this behaviour been "normal" for a number of Ps, Br, ACR versions and I'm only now noticing??

Is there a preference to disable this behaviour and so a single image opened as a SO will use only it's original file name without any added integers (I've not found it if it exists)? I understand that opening multiple copies of the same file will result in -1, -2, -3 being added. But this is occuring when opening only one instance of the file (eg: img1928-1 instead of img1928).

Thanks for any insight into what's going on.

Russell

Russell Proulx · Answer

The problem seems to have been "between the keyboard and the chair" .. <g>

I see that ACR and Ps now removes the "as Smart Object" suffix from the filename when it's opened as a SO and simply adds a number "ie: -1, -2, etc..)" suffix. Is there a way to restore the old behaviour? I find it easier to recognize the SO versions of files with the "as Smart Object" suffix added.

R

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