Smart Objects Within A Group--Same As Linked?

[HouHouHou]

Seems like an elementary question, but I haven't found an answer.

I have 25 hand gesture images in their own groups and then all nested within a "Hands" group. If the images are smart objects, can I resize the top "Hands" group to a smaller size and all the smart objects along with it without losing resolution if I later re-enlarge them? Or is this only possible by linking all the images?

Thanks.

[c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted solution]

Smart Objects, no matter whether embedded or linked, maintain their data to recalculate the instances when they are transformed, filtered etc. 

[Earth Oliver · Accepted solution]

yes, that's how smart objects work. You don't need to link them.