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celinas44700444
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July 18, 2017
質問

Photoshop saves copies of files when "Convert to Linked"?

  • July 18, 2017
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I'm working with a huge amount of product photos that I place on a canvas PSD. Each smart object is an edited product photo. Throughout the process, I constantly edit the product photo when I notice more corrections to be made.  I "Convert to Linked" each product photo I place because it helps my workflow. That way, when I edit the product photos, the links on my canvas updates automatically (or at least lets me know which of the linked PSD product photos were edited and needs to be relinked).

However, when I "Convert to Linked", Photoshop duplicates the product photo file and links it to the duplicate. So what happens is that instead of linking it to productphoto.jpg, it creates productphoto-1.jpg and then links it to that file.

Any idea why this is happening and is there a way to turn this off? Every time it does this, I have to delete the duplicates and then relink all the images to the original product photo files. It's very counterproductive.

Thank you so much for your help!

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davescm
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davescmCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 18, 2017

Is there a reason why you are not just using "Place Linked" from the outset?

Dave

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celinas44700444作成者
Participant
July 18, 2017

I didn't think there would be a difference. And that's a mistake on my part. Thank you for your response!

    davescm
    Community Expert
    davescmCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 18, 2017

    You're welcome

    Dave

    Bob_Hallam
    Bob_Hallam
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    July 18, 2017

    You're using Photoshop in an unusual way.  So it is difficult for the community to respond.  Most would use InDesign to create a document and source the parts out of a Links folder.  This workflow is most common and may be a better choice than Photoshop for assembly.  Why did you choose to work with Photoshop instead of InDesign for this workflow?

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    celinas44700444作成者
    Participant
    July 18, 2017

    I understand. I used Photoshop because the canvas PSD was a template I received so I just started working from that. I was informed that for workflow purposes, using the "Generate Image Assets" function would be perfect for exporting the layers to individual PNGs which is exactly what I needed to do.

    In the beginning, I was placing the product photos as smart objects but that wasn't ideal either because it made the file too big to save and move around. Also, the product photos were independently being edited and so having to replace the product photos in the file with the most recent edited product photos became confusing.

    Anyways, thank you so much for your response. From now on, I might just have to avoid the Convert to Linked function. Live and learn.

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