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June 24, 2021
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Smart object missing

  • June 24, 2021
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I can't seem to find a similar problem or a solution online. I have a photoshop file with a few linked smart objects. I was working on the file yesterday saved everything when I opened it today one of my smart ojects is now missing. I click on the link to reconnect it, it takes me to my appdata temp files and I can see all the other smart objects but not the missing one. I definetly didn't delete it so what has happened to it and how do I get it back? 

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    Mike_Gondek10189183
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    Mike_Gondek10189183Community Expert
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    June 25, 2021

    Please tell us about these smart objects did you copy from Illustrator and paste into photoshop? Might you have added this to a library when pasting? 

     

    This option is on by default, but annoying to many people and turned off. So you may want to check your library items and log in under same account, to see if the item still exists there.

     

     

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    Kym5E5EAuthor
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    June 28, 2021

    Oh yes I have that turned off. I only use my library for colours

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    Kym5E5EAuthor
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    June 24, 2021

    No unfortunatly I do not backup my application data. I don't know what has happend to the linked file because I never deleted it and it was working fine yesterday. I find it really odd, I've never had this happen before. I even tried to recoved old versions of the psd however the smart object is missing from them as well. 

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    June 24, 2021

    If you linked the smarts object layer to a temp file you most likely will need to create a  replacement object file and link the layer the the new file you create.  Or delete the smarts object layer and create a new smart object layer  to replace the one you deleted.

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    Kym5E5EAuthor
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    June 28, 2021

    IMO a template should have Smarts object that are Photoshop Objects that are embedded smarts object layers. The Template PSD will be self contained.  Template PSD files should not be Changed,   You can rename the  .PSD to .PSDT so you will not accidentally change a your template.  PSDT files open as a new unsaved document.  When you populate a template you save out a populated copy they do not need to be layered PSD copy Jpeg or  flat Tiff would be best space wise.  You only save Populated PSD files if you need  edit  the output further by hand in the future you could save layered Tiff files  so you will not confuse your output files with being a template.   Template Files should not be change the embedded smart object are the object you created when you created the template.    It sounds like you have a messes up work flow.  Your templates files are being modified.  Output file if jpeg will not be layer files they will not be any smart layer.. 


    I have never used .PSDT files. I will have a go at using it. Hopefully it will prevent it from happening again. 

     

    JJMack
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    JJMackCommunity Expert
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    June 24, 2021

    Do you  backup your application user data.  If your linked  smart object layers linked object files has been deleted you need to recover the deleted file.  If your linked smart object layer was link to  a files in a Temp folder it is very likely that the file would be deleted when the application that was using the temp file  terminated or the drive was cleaned up.   Temp files will be deleted. Currently there are 592 temp files in my user Id Application Local Temp folder.  The largest  7GB files is Photoshop's scratch disk space it will grow and it  will be deleted when I close Photoshop.

    I Closed PS and tries deleting all files in my temp folder.  31 were not deleted for they are is use by Chrome, Adobe Creative Cloud,  Node.js and other services that are running

    That freed around 15GB on my C:

    JJMack
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    Kym5E5EAuthor
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    June 28, 2021

    No I don't backup my user data unfortunatly. I think it was probably cleaned up by Windows. I did check my recycling bin but nothing useful 

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