Illustrator Smart Objects (opened from P'Shop) should have the same name as their P'Shop layer

[subdes901]

(Orginally posted in the Illustrator forum and copied here at the request of their admin team)

I'm working on a complicated digital twinning pipeline which involves a lot of nested smart objects (originating in illustrator) within Photoshop files.

Oftentimes these smart objects are merely white text and it's difficult to distinguish between them when several are open at the same time.

The problem is compounded because Illustrator simply refers to each object that I open as "Vector smart object". Having several open at the same time quickly becomes very difficult to manage. I believe, too, that Photoshop is sometimes unable to launch a particular smart object in illustrator because of a clashing "Vector smart object" 'file name' instance.

It would help greatly if the Smart Object's filename - when opened in illustrator - mirrored the Photoshop layer name from which it was launched.

[amy durocher]

@subdes901  Question about your workflow, are you doing a copy in Illustrator --> in Photoshop Paste As > Smart Object or Layers? If neither, can you write down your specific workflow? 

[subdes901]

Hi Amy, 
Thanks for your prompt reply. We receive the original artwork from a 3rd party in illustrator. I then copy from there and paste into Photoshop as a singular Smart Object.

I then 'Smart object via copy' this initial Smart Object, to create multiple, unique Smart Objects  - this allows us to parse and have individual control over the many different graphic elements that are present in the original illustrator artwork. I may end up with ~40 smart objects within a given PSD. I then name the layers on which the smart objects sit - so that various stakeholders with lessPhotoshop experience can easily identify a particular element.

My issue is that clicking on any one of the smart objects to make edits becomes difficult to manage because each instance is simply called "vector smart object_#" rather than the descriptive title which I have given it on the Photoshop layer. 

Best,

Ryan. 

[amy durocher]

@subdes901 would it be possible for you to provide a test file and/or short video of your workflow and email it to durocher@adobe.com? I would like to write a ticket for our backlog but need very specific steps to reproduce the problem and investigate other workflows which could be affected and/or need to be updated to the desired functionality.