AV News 201- August 2015
Re-select your. psd file, you should now see that all edits undertaken to the newly created linked. psb file are shown on your Smart Object layer. Further edits can be carried out if you so wish. Note edits will only show on the Smart Object layer after the linked file is saved. If you happen to close this linked file it can be instantly recalled and returned to the work area by double clicking on the Smart Object thumbnail of your. psd file.
The main. psd file doesn ' t need to be open to edit a linked file. The linked file is separate and can be opened at any time, edited, saved, and closed just like any other file. However if edits are carried out without the main. psd file open it will not automatically update. When opened it will however know that it ' s out-ofsync, i. e. an update is pending. In this instance the Smart Object Layer thumbnail will have a small yellow icon bearing a black exclamation mark in the lower right corner. The image on the right shows a Smart Object layer with three Smart Filters active, the layer is linked to an external file indicated by a small chain link icon in the bottom right corner of the thumbnail. Also present is the yellow and black exclamation icon, although it ' s a bit small to show clearly on this printed page. To update the Smart Object layer use the main ' Layer Menu ', click ' layer ', ' Smart Objects ', ' Update Modified Content '.
Do not move a linked file to any other location otherwise Photoshop will not be able to find it. If a link is broken the linked Smart Object layer within your main. psd file will show a small icon containing a red circle with a white question mark, in such instances the file must be located and the link re-established. Any previously saved Photoshop file can be inserted as a layer into the current file either as ' Linked ' or ' Embedded '. To achieve a linked insertion use the main ' File Menu '. Click ' File ', ' Place Linked ', whereupon an explorer window will appear, navigate to locate and select the required file, then click ' Link '. If the file you choose is a. psd with multiple layers then all ' visible ' layers will be transposed as one flattened image layer. This will be placed onto a new layer within your current. psd file. Hit the return button to finalise the transposition, adjust its position if required. A linked icon will appear in the new layer. Layers that are not made visible within the external file will be ignored and not transposed. This new linked layer can be updated exactly as described previously. To ' Embed ' an external file without maintaining links use the main ' File Menu ' click on ' File ', ' Place Embedded ', navigate to and select the required file then click ' Place ', the file will be placed onto a new layer within your current. psd file.
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