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Smart Objects layers, opening in MS Paint?

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
November 4, 2020
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Hi all,

Wonderng if anyone else has had this issue. while worlking on some PSD files, and layers. I had a photo layer in which I was swapping out the image, flattening and saving the smart object, so it updates in the PSD. All good, did it a few times... then all of a sudden it starts opening my Smartobject layers in MS PAINT... not sure how to get it back to opeinng in PhotoShop? Anyone know what happened here, or fix?

Regards

Paul

Problem or error

farrukh_venominal

Participant

1. if your smart object is psd , then right click on any psd on your system and open with photoshop and click "always use this ap to open .psd files " and if your smart object is tif file then right click on any tif on your system and open with photoshop and click "always use this ap to open .tif files "

2. right click on your smart object and and click "export contents..." and save file on your desktop or anywhere in your PC, then again right click on the same smart object and chose "replace contents..." and now select saved exported contents file.

problem solved

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illyasin

Participant

Solved. Just right click on any jpg image > Properties > change opens with file type to psd. Done.

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MInaNWD

Participant

I had the same issue.

A file received from another person had this smart object which when I tried to edit opened in paint. Its extension showed in MS Paint stated that it is tiff but all my PSD, PSB and tiff files are set to open in Photoshop by default.
What I did and it worked for me was to right-click the smart object and choose "Export contents..." It created a tiff file with editable smart layers and transparency. Then in Windows, I right-click chose "open with" then "Choose another app" and set it to open this file type always in Photoshop.

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Muhammad Ali Graphics

Participant

ThankFull to you, by follow your providing instruction. I recover my Tiff file in whic i have worked in multiple layers of 3D Mockup Designing and they have all done by this way.

I'm Really very thankfull to you
GOD BLESSING YOU

Mujtaba Panahi

Participant

Right click on smart object and click relink to file, then link it to your image.

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Eager_character5C35

Participant

Thanks! this is goood...

RoeiL_SMS2010

Participant

Had the same problem...
I uninstall and reinstalled the Photoshop via the Adobe cloud 😁

guilherme.brigo

Participant

Delete the smart object layer and link de image again (make it a smart object again, if necessary). Worked for me 😄

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Admired_adventure5C3F

Participant

yeah - this helps sometimes 😄

JJMack

Community Expert

In MS paint what is the image's file extension. Smart objects can be crated from layers in which case the objects work file will be a *.PSB. Objects can also be placed Image files, like *.jpg, *.psd, *.tif, *.ai, *.svg. If you Uninstall a Photoshop version after you installed your newest version of Photoshop. Adobe uninstaller may wrongly change file associations it had changed when it install to what they were before it was installed. Even though a newer version has also changed them so now jpg and tif may be associated with paint. Never use Adobe un installer to remove old versions of photoshop.

JJMack