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barryd90432548
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March 29, 2023
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smart object in photoshop when double-clicked now opens in Camera Raw and not as a new tab in PS

  • March 29, 2023
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I have always been able to double-click a smart object in the layers panel of PS and have it open as a new tab in PS....now it opens in Camera Raw? How do I get it to work like it did?

 

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Correct answer D Fosse

The smart object is a raw file from a camera, so ACR is what it has to open in. Photoshop can't open raw files directly; only through ACR

 

Smart objects always open in their parent application. If the smart object was a vector file from Illustrator, it would reopen in Illustrator.

 

In other words, everything normal here.

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Sameer K
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Sameer KCommunity Manager
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March 29, 2023

Yep! Agreed with what @D Fosse said. This is pretty normal & by design.

 

When you open a RAW image in Photoshop, Camera Raw opens up; here, you can click on Open to open the image as a regular background layer & the other way is to press & hold the Shift key to reveal 'Open Object' which opens the image as Smart Object.

So, use Open instead of Open Object & then manually convert the image to a smart object from the Filter Menu.

 

Let us know how it goes. Thanks!
Sameer K

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    barryd90432548Author
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    March 29, 2023

    Thank you....go it figured out now 🙂

      D Fosse
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      D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      March 29, 2023

      The smart object is a raw file from a camera, so ACR is what it has to open in. Photoshop can't open raw files directly; only through ACR

       

      Smart objects always open in their parent application. If the smart object was a vector file from Illustrator, it would reopen in Illustrator.

       

      In other words, everything normal here.

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        barryd90432548Author
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        March 29, 2023

        I appreciate the feedback, however I have been able to open a smart object from a layer in PS into a new tab in PS for as long as I can remember... this is something new, perhaps a bug, I don't know.

          D Fosse
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          D FosseCommunity Expert
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          March 29, 2023
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           I have been able to open a smart object from a layer in PS into a new tab in PS for as long as I can remember


          By @barryd90432548

          Yes, but those weren't raw files. Look at the title bar in the ACR window: it's a .NEF from a Nikon D7100.

           

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