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unwr1773nlaw
unwr1773nlaw
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September 23, 2021
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Smart objects won't embed anymore, but library is also empty...

  • September 23, 2021
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I have no clue why, but photoshop stopped embedding vectors as smart objects when I drag them into a file. Instead, it's treating them like a link, but the library is completely empty (zero files, none, nada, no folders). I can't possibly keep working like this because every time I open a file with vector smart objects, it's telling me I can't edit them because it can't find the link to them (the one that doesn't and has never existed, I have never in my life used PS libraries specifically to avoid this BS). Help?

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    marliton
    Community Expert
    marlitonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 23, 2021

    Hi. By default, f you drag and drop files from the finder or explorer to Photoshop, that creates an embeded Smart object. If you drag and drop while pressing Option or Alt, that creates a linked Smart object. It's not working in that way?

     

    Marlon Ceballos
      unwr1773nlaw
      unwr1773nlawAuthor
      Participant
      September 23, 2021

      No. I'm just copy/pasting out of illustrator or dragging and dropping - no keys - and it's apparently making them linked files. 

      J
      J453
      Legend
      September 23, 2021

      Very strange. I can't reproduce this.

       

      If you restore your preferences using this manual method does it work correctly?

      https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html#Manually

       

      If that doesn't solve it, you can quit Photoshop and put the Settings folder back.

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