If we have opened smart object as psb file, how to get to which psd file that psb file belong?

[livl17017666]

So if you have already opened smart object layer as psb file is there a way to get information from which psd file is that psb file?   

[c.pfaffenbichler]

I know no option to determine the file that contains an opened SO from the SO itself. 

It seems an opened embedded SO is just a temporary file and it is not this image that »radios« its changing to the containing image but that the containing image »notices« when that other file is saved anew. 

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

If you placed a file into the PSD to create the PSB, then it may be in the metadata... However, if you selected one or more layers and converted them to a SO, then no.

I'll try to dig up some old topics or further info...

EDIT: Some of the data that I was thinking of –

xmpMM:DocumentID
xmpMM:OriginalDocumentID
xmpMM:InstanceID

However, not every file has it. This is also related to photoshop:DocumentAncestors metadata which tracks the source doc when placed or pasted into another document.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

What do you want to do with that information anyway? 

What role would it play in your workflow? 

[livl17017666]

@Stephen_A_Marsh  and @c.pfaffenbichler

Thank you for your help.

I splitted workflow to overcome for this.