August 2005
Beginner
592 pages
24h 40m
English
Many of Photoshop's tools will be disabled when a Smart Object is active in the Layers palette. Here are a few tricks you can use to get around that limitation:
To apply paint to a Smart Object, create a new layer directly above the Smart Object and choose Layer > Create Clipping Mask so that any paint applied to the layer will only show up where the Smart Object appears.
To adjust a Smart Object without affecting the rest of the image (with the Smart Object layer selected), hold Option (Mac) or Alt (Windows), click on the Adjustment Layer pop-up menu at the bottom of the Layers palette and choose the adjustment you'd like to apply. When the New Layer dialog box appears, turn on the Use Previous Layer to Create ...
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