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Photoshop CS6If I right click on a text layer, in Lay panel can I choose the following converting options:Convert to Smart ObjectRasterize TypeRasterize Type StyleConvert to ShapeConvert to Paragraph Textbut what is the difference between allt these options?And why can't use all tools of some one of them ? ---------------------------------------- If I right click on a layer (graphic), in Lay panel can I choose the following converting options:"Convert to Smart Object" but what i a "Smart Object" ?but what is the difference between allt these options?

c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted Answer

Rasterize TypeChanges a Type Layer to a pixel Layer Rasterize Type StyleChanges the Layer with applied Layer Styles to a pixel LayerConvert to ShapeChanges the Type Layer to a Shape Layer (a Solid Colour Layer with a Vector Mask) Convert to Paragraph TextChanges Point Text to Paragraph Text – these are two possibilities to set up Type Layers in Photoshop, in the one case one defines a starting point from which the text flows in the other a rectangle that gets filled with the text

c.pfaffenbichler · Answer

You may want to start with some beginners level tutorials if all those terms mean nothing to you yet.

The advantages of Smart Objects are numerous:

• external files can be referenced and represented in layered documents

• multiple instances of a SO in a containing document that update simultaneously on saving an edited SO (please note that for a SO to maintain a connection to the external file one needs to use File > Place Linked instead of File > Place Embedded )

• the possibility of placing vector content as Vector Smart Objects (though this will output as pixels)

• non-destructive application of Filters

• non-destructive application of transformation, warp, puppet warp (not all of these are available for Vector SO, but by converting such a one to a regular SO they become applicable)

• combination of elements of different color spaces and bit depths

• the ability to Replace Contents of SO (for example when faking as-of-yet non-existent products by mapping packaging design elements onto images of a blank container and the design is likely to change)

• Stack Modes for certain combinations of photographic images

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