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MartinV
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September 17, 2020
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Big problem: Changed canvas behavior of Smart Objects (Photoshop)

  • September 17, 2020
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It seems that the behavior of the canvas inside of smart objects has been (secretly) changed massively. Previously, it was possible to expand the canvas within a Smart Object without affecting the Smart Object in the main document. For example, if you wanted to extend text within a Smart Object, you could simply extend the Smart Object's canvas on the right without affecting the layer in the master document. But if you now extend the canvas in the Smart Object, the size of the Smart Object in the main document is changed! And Text that extends beyond the canvas or other elements that extend beyond the canvas, such as other smart objects, are brutally clipped in the main document. Are you serious? Why did you change the behavior? This has a massive negative impact on composing! Please undo this again! Thanks for the answers!

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

No sweat, most Photoshop users had the opportunity to get real annoyed with it at one time or another. 

 

There was a bug (apparently with 21.2.0) that affected Smart Objects’ updating behaviour after Canvas Size changes, but it was fixed with the next update. 

Please try updating Photoshop. (But in case you need to roll back make back-ups of your customized Presets like Actions, Brushes etc.)

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c.pfaffenbichler
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c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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September 17, 2020

Found the report I had read and apparently it was reported for 21.2.1 but it might have existed previously? 

https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/photoshop-2111-problem-changing-canvas-size-inside-the-smart-object-ruins-the-smart-object/5f5f461f4b561a3d4274818d

 

Still, try updating and see if the behaviour is back to »normal« in 21.2.3. (edited)

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    MartinVAuthor
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    September 17, 2020

    Thanks for your help and information!! I will just wait and see and hope that the old behavior will be restored in the new versions of Photoshop. If not, I'll have to come up with new workflows, but that's life ;). One solution would be to create the smart objects huge by default to have room for scalings within the smart object.

    And addressed to the Adobe developers (in case they happen to read it): It is no problem to renew even basic program parts. But here it would be very important to inform the users and to give them a possibility to restore the old behavior optionally (as you can do e.g. with the behavior of the shift key during transformations).

      c.pfaffenbichler
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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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      September 17, 2020

      If I understood correctly this was not a deliberate change but an accident, so a selection-option was not possible. 

      If you haven’t already please try updating Photoshop via the CC app. 

        c.pfaffenbichler
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        c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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        September 17, 2020

        »Are you serious?«

        Are you?

        Who do you think you are talking to for example? 

        This is a user Forum, so you are not really addressing Adobe here, even though some Adobe employees thankfully have been dropping by.

         

        Which exact versions of Photoshop and OS are you using? 

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        MartinVAuthor
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        September 17, 2020

        Please excuse my harsh formulation. English is not my native language and I must have chosen the wrong words. It was not meant badly and I did not want to attack anyone personally. Sorry again! I was emotional because this change has a huge impact on the way I work and will cost me a lot a time – and nobody from Adobe said anything about that and why it was changed. (I didn't know that this is not the official forum of Adobe, even if this should not excuse my wording.)

        I'm using Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Version CC2020 (21.2.0 20200604.r.225 2020/06/04: 02a81f3015 x64)
        Windows 10 64-bit

          c.pfaffenbichler
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          c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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          September 17, 2020

          No sweat, most Photoshop users had the opportunity to get real annoyed with it at one time or another. 

           

          There was a bug (apparently with 21.2.0) that affected Smart Objects’ updating behaviour after Canvas Size changes, but it was fixed with the next update. 

          Please try updating Photoshop. (But in case you need to roll back make back-ups of your customized Presets like Actions, Brushes etc.)

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