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ninah95031055
ninah95031055
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March 14, 2019
Question

Not able to copy smart filters from one document to another one

  • March 14, 2019
  • 4 replies
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Hi

I try to copy smart filters from one document to another one but it doesnt work for me.

I do it like that:

Layers in both documents are converted to Smart Objects. I arrange the documents 2up-vertical.

The Layer thumbnails are active. I click the Smart Filter and drag it into the second document.

But it didnt work.

Any idea what I do wrong?

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    4 replies

    jasonmills_nz
    jasonmills_nz
    Participant
    May 30, 2020

    Are you grabbing the little thingy on teh bottom right to move them?

     

    diegovg
    diegovg
    Participant
    February 23, 2020

    Because the receiving layer also needs to be a smart object. Just convert it to a smart object and now you can easily drag the smart filter into it

      ninah95031055
      ninah95031055Author
      Participant
      March 14, 2019

      it has not been applied at all.

      Dropbox - 20190314_155453.mp4

      JJMack
      Community Expert
      JJMackCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 14, 2019

      Between documents you would most like need the duplicate leayer and its style effect to the  other document. or use the Copy layer style flyout menu in one document and the use the flyout item paste layer style in the other document. You neet to target the layer you want the layer style on.

      JJMack
      ninah95031055
      ninah95031055Author
      Participant
      March 14, 2019

      I need to copy the smart filters, the Copy Layer Style option is grey and cant be applied. See the screen video in my second post. Also I have done it before and it worked, now I am not able to copy smart filters between two documents and I dont know why its not working at this time.

      davescm
      Community Expert
      davescmCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 14, 2019

      When you say it "didn't work" was the filter not applied at all or is it that you don't see it in the layers panel? If the latter you may need to expand the layer in the layer panel to see the filter info as below

      If it has not been applied at all, have you checked that the second image has an image mode and bit depth compatible with the filter

      Dave

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