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Rasterizing image required before edit, why?

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Hello, I brought an image from LR to PS as a smart object. I am trying to edit with patch tool and it is giving me this message. "This smart object must be rasterized before proceeding. Edit contents will no longer be available. Rasterize smart object." I'm confused, I thought vector images were only rasterized. I am confused. Thank you.

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Hi Rob, thank you for responding. I am new to PS and there is certainly a

steep learning curve. Thank goodness for Youtube! If I brought the photo

over from LR without being a smart object, modified as I would like and

then rasterize, would that work? After I rasterize is there another step

before I save as jpg for printing? Thank you.

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January 3, 2019

Hey

You have to see a Smart Object as a 'container' filled with an image or vector (in this case, a when you double click the layer icon in the layer panel, you'll go back to that image in Lightroom again to edit the image). You can't use the Patch Tool or other retouching tools on smart objects directly.

You can try this: first create a new, empty layer on top of the smart object.

Then use the Clone Stamp Tool, the Healing Brush Tool or the Spot Healing Brush tool. You can choose something like this in the Options Bar: Sample All Layers (Spot healing brush), Sample: current layer, current & below or All Layers (Healing Brush and Clone Stamp Tool) --> see screenshot below.

Unfortunately this option is not available with the Patch Tool.

Maybe someone else has another option, but I think this is the only way Hope this helps!

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January 3, 2019

Hi Rob, thank you for responding. I am new to PS and there is certainly a

steep learning curve. Thank goodness for Youtube! If I brought the photo

over from LR without being a smart object, modified as I would like and

then rasterize, would that work? After I rasterize is there another step

before I save as jpg for printing? Thank you.

On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:54 PM Rob de Winter <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

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Rob de WinterCommunity Expert
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January 3, 2019

Rob, again, confused a bit. I've followed a few youtube videos and have not heard that I need to convert to smart object when returning to LR. The smart object term was never used. I learned about smart objects from youtube and the benefits, of course, no negatives. Am I misinterpreting what you are saying?


Ahh, okey, I thought you first exported the photo as a Smart Object directly from Lightroom to Photoshop. Have you converted it later on in Photoshop? In that case you can just double click the layer thumbnail (see the first screenshot in my first post) to go ‘inside’ the smart object, edit it and save it again. Then close the Smart Object and you’re back in the original photo again.

But, actually, to do what you want to do you can also do this. I’ve found a very short, helpful tutorial on this:

Move photos between Lightroom Classic and Photoshop |

hope this helps

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