Smart Ways to Use Smart Objects
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Smart Ways to Use Smart Objects

on Sep 5th 2012 with 7 comments
Tutorial Details
  • Apps Used: Adobe Photoshop CS6
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Estimated Completion Time: 8 Minutes

Final Product What You'll Be Creating

This entry is part 6 of 36 in the Shortcuts on Psdtuts Session
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In this episode we will talk a bit about smart objects and how to use them with text, Adobe Illustrator files, as well as how to use them with the Puppet Warp Feature. Let’s get started!

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  • Trevor

    Well done again Martin, thanks and keep them coming

  • Enquilo

    Thanks for the wonderful video. Some interesting feature that I didn’t know about.

  • Joey

    Awesome vid Martin, as always. One thing about using text-based smart objects in this way is that a substantial transform will often result in some pixelation/blurring. A nice way of reducing this is to convert the text layer to a shape before turning it into a smart object; doing it this way will help you to retain the sharp edges of your text. I

    f you need to maintain edibility (or some semblance of it), create a smart object from the text layer, enter the smart object, duplicate the text layer, convert to shape and hide the original text layer. You can subsequently enter the smart object again, delete the shape layer, duplicate the hidden text layer, make your edits, convert to shape and repeat if necessary.

    • http://agencjainteraktywna.dtl.pl/ Paweł P.

      Ah, Adobe.

  • Catazameil

    Wow, I had no idea about the puppet warp feature. Thanks a lot. Will definitely find lots of ways to use it :)

  • celsohdzign

    thanks for the tip, it was very useful!

  • http://agencjainteraktywna.dtl.pl/ Paweł P.

    But with Smart Object, we don’t losing quality with distort?

    I’am already testing this – shape was better.