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olh21
olh21
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April 15, 2017
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Reseting Warps for smart objects

  • April 15, 2017
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In 2010 Chris Cox said that it was on the JDI list from someone that just ran out of time... 7 years after is there a way this can go to the top of the JDI of SOMEONE ELSE ....

Reseting Warps for smart objects.

Reseting free transform of smart object is a must and we've been waiting for too long I think ...ChrisCox​

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    K
    Koo�m
    Participant
    October 3, 2025

    This is prossible now. Layer > Smart Objects > Reset transform.

    Trevor.Dennis
    Community Expert
    Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 3, 2025

    If you are talking about Smart Objects specifically, then you can go back into Free Transform (Ctrl T), and either right click and choose Warp, or click on the warp icon in the Options Bar.  You can then click on the Cancel icon in the Options bar, and you are back to the pre-warp state.  I' hate to have to put a date on that, but it's been like that for as long as I remember.

      K
      Koo�m
      Participant
      October 3, 2025

      But if you have done multiple transforms (scale, rotate, custom warp etc.) and you want to reset them alltogether later, I think that Layer > Smart Objects > Reset transform is the only option. 

      Lukas Engqvist
      Community Expert
      Lukas EngqvistCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 22, 2018

      A student asked me this exact thing. Using Puppet warp or envelope distort it is possible to reset or even mask away the distortion. But the only way I have found to reset a Free transformation is to go into the smart object.
      Select all layers in the PSB create a new smart object which is then transfered into the the original with "Duplicate layer". Would be great with a command to release a "Smart Object to Layers", and "Reset Transformations".

      I'd be interested in any workarounds or fixes for this.

      Chuck Uebele
      Community Expert
      Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      September 22, 2018

      If you just use Warp, you can clear it by setting the warp to "None."

        Lukas Engqvist
        Community Expert
        Lukas EngqvistCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 22, 2018

        Yes exactly, the warp can be reset, but if you used ctrl-dragging the transform handles there is no "None" or "reset button"

          Trevor.Dennis
          Community Expert
          Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          April 15, 2017

          If you start with a 'New Smart Object via copy'  (right click the layer) then you have the original to fall back on.  Does that help?

          As a request, this needs to be asked in the Feedback site.  You might even get a response from Jeff Tranberry.

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          Chris Cox no longer works for Adobe, which is a pity as we valued his contributions to this forum.

          [EDIT]  Something else I sometimes do, is double click the SO to open in new window, and then save that as a PSB file.

          olh21
          olh21Author
          Inspiring
          June 23, 2017

          Hi trevor

          Thanks for the answer but in my precise case that did not really help

          The 'New Smart Object via copy'  (right click the layer)

          gives me a exact copy of the transformed version

          and if you save the psb file it's just like reimporting the original wich is not a transform reset

          Sorry for the late answer i did not get notifyed of your answer

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