I am sooo close... not there yet, but close. Thanks again Mack. I now realize why I was able to execute this a number of months ago, but not now. Up to this point, I have been proceeding under the assumption that selecting a layer - and seeing that selection (A) - was the same as selecting a layer and then executing a Select and All from the dropdown menu (B). Since I am new to Vanishing Point, this has eluded me. Back when I first executed this, I was hacking it together. I didn't really care about my source. As a result, I just selected a portion of the pic, CTRL-C'd, opened up VP, and pasted. No problem. This time, for both projects, I've done prep-work. Developed separate art sources to be pasted in. As a result, I had clean artwork on their own layers. By approaching this in a more methodical method I had taken a different route toward executing. Anyway, with this in mind, I can now confidently identify the two versions of selecting that I know of (so far): All this said, I still haven't figured out how to paste Smart Objects. So far, each time I have attempted to do so, the paste has surely happened, but the results are a flattened bitmap. I would not expect that one would be able to paste a smart object layer into a normal empty layer like you are trying to do in vanishing point. You would need a pixel layer in the clipboard not a smart object layer you had Photoshop copy to the clipboard. A smart Object layer has an associated object and an associated transform the object has a set of pixels rendered by Photoshop for the object layers content. These pixels can not be modified by Photoshop tools there can be Smart filters added to a smart object layer. In Photoshop If I try to paste a smart object layer into an empty layer I get an additional smart object layer added to the layers stack. However, If I select the smart Object layer pixels and copy them clipboard I can paste those pixels into an empty layer. Typically, if I try to paste a smart object layer into an empty layer, just using PS the way I normally do, I get a second smart object layer. But if I try to paste a smart object layer into an empty layer - via Vanishing Point - the smart object is flattened to a bitmap on that layer. I still can't tell, reading that italicized bit above how I'm supposed to paste a smart object into Vanishing Point so that I can update the SO independently.
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