Linked vector Smart Object moves in Photoshop after updating smart object.

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June 27, 2024
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Linked vector Smart Object moves in Photoshop after updating smart object. Video linked.

This has been an issue for years, possibly in all the three major programs I use no matter how they are linked whether I place an illustrator file into PSD, the PSD file into Illustrator, both into InDesign. Attemped embedding the smart object and it still moved! This doesn't just happen when I "hide" a layer. That just happens to be what I needed to do this time.

I end up making guides to repostion the file as shown at the end of the video example.

ANYONE else have this issue?

Link to video https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ul54jacrwkSqPZxkUiIrvheTgnY-9Uow/view?usp=sharing

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Stephen Marsh

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If you posted the video via email it didn't make it through.

What did you do in Illustrator before updating the link? Was there any change to the size/bounding area of the Ai file?

Linda.R.SmithAuthor

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@Stephen Marsh a link to the video that was too large.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ul54jacrwkSqPZxkUiIrvheTgnY-9Uow/view?usp=sharing

In this case, all I did was hide a layer.

The image is a map with data that must be placed in an exact location. I have a layer in illustrator with the US states to make sure the data is aligned, when I open up the smart object (in Illlustrator),
I hide the US states layer, close. The entire layer moves once it updates in Photoshop. If I go back into illustrator and show/turn the layer back on, it will snap back... but I can't keep that layer on.

I end up setting up a ruler alignment to reposition it.

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