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Let's say you have a Smart Object (SO) in the primary image document cosisting of two or more layers.
If we need to edit that SO we double click it's thumbnail which opens it in a new window.
The normal procedure is to make any changes in that new window, and save it (Ctrl s)
We return to the primary document window and see that the SO, and all copies of it, have been updated.
But let's say we would like to use one o f the SO layers outside of the SO. We double click to open it in its new
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// if active layer is linked smart object create embedded duplicate;
// 2023, use at your own risk;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var myDocument = activeDocument;
var theLayer = myDocument.activeLayer;
if (isLinkedSmartObject() == true) {
var theDup = myDocument.duplicate("temporal", false);
embedLinked ();
theDup.activeLayer.duplicate(theLayer, ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE);
theDup.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES)
};
};
////// embed li
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// if active layer is linked smart object create embedded duplicate;
// 2023, use at your own risk;
if (app.documents.length > 0) {
var myDocument = activeDocument;
var theLayer = myDocument.activeLayer;
if (isLinkedSmartObject() == true) {
var theDup = myDocument.duplicate("temporal", false);
embedLinked ();
theDup.activeLayer.duplicate(theLayer, ElementPlacement.PLACEBEFORE);
theDup.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES)
};
};
////// embed linked smart object //////
function embedLinked () {
try {
executeAction( stringIDToTypeID( "placedLayerConvertToEmbedded" ), undefined, DialogModes.NO )
} catch (e) {}
};
////// active layer is linked smart object //////
function isLinkedSmartObject () {
try {
var ref = new ActionReference();
ref.putEnumerated( charIDToTypeID( "Lyr " ), charIDToTypeID("Ordn"), charIDToTypeID("Trgt") );
var layerDesc = executeActionGet(ref);
var soDesc = layerDesc.getObjectValue(stringIDToTypeID('smartObject'));
isLinked = soDesc.getBoolean(stringIDToTypeID("linked"));
if (isLinked == true) {return true}
else {return false}
} catch (e) {return false}
};
Let's say you have a Smart Object (SO) in the primary image document cosisting of two or more layers.
If we need to edit that SO we double click it's thumbnail which opens it in a new window.
The normal procedure is to make any changes in that new window, and save it (Ctrl s)
We return to the primary document window and see that the SO, and all copies of it, have been updated.
But let's say we would like to use one o f the SO layers outside of the SO. We double click to open it in its new window expanded with all its component layers. We select the layer we need, and drag it to the primary ddocument's tab, which pastes just that layer.
As always there are different ways of achieving the same thing.
We can select an SO layer, right click and choose, New Smart Object via copy.
It's still the exact same SO with all its component layers, but if we double click and edit it, those changes won't be reflected in the original SO or copies of it. If you simply used Ctrl J to copy an SO and edit it, those changes _would_ be reflected in the original and all copies.
I'd count it as one of those Photoshop gotchas like Caps Lock reducing the Brush cursor to a point, or Displacement Maps not working if Backward Compatability is not set to Always. Some would argue that the Development Team are doing their best to expand the list of Photoshop Gotchas with Save as to JPG not being available unless you tick a cunningly hidden checkbox in Preferences, or wonder why the gradient tool has suddenly got complicated, or WTF can't I see the contents of layer masks because there's an icon obscurring two thirds of the mask thumbnail...
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