What’s this symbol in the layer thumbnail?

On Feb 21, 7:42 am, "Zilla" wrote:

What’s the symbol on the bottom right of the layer thumbnail seen herehttp://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/f/o/foutsc
that looks like a "foreground/background" button? How do I get rid of it? I have PS CS3.

-Zilla

Hi Zilla,
That means your layer is a smart object. Lots of cool things can be done with smart objects. Smart objects can be many different things and can launch other applications like Illustrator or Adobe Camera RAW. Best to check the manual for all the details.

Ron

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On Feb 21, 7:42 am, "Zilla" wrote:

What’s the symbol on the bottom right of the layer thumbnail seen herehttp://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/f/o/foutsc
that looks like a "foreground/background" button? How do I get rid of it? I have PS CS3.

-Zilla

Hi Zilla,
That means your layer is a smart object. Lots of cool things can be done with smart objects. Smart objects can be many different things and can launch other applications like Illustrator or Adobe Camera RAW. Best to check the manual for all the details.

Ron

Ok, thanks. I always open as smart objects (as default) so that makes sense.

Zilla

On Feb 21, 6:02 pm, "Zilla" wrote:

Ok, thanks. I always open as smart objects (as default) so that makes sense.

Zilla

Hey Zilla,
How are you doing that? That’s something I would like to do. It would save me some steps if I did not have to ‘place’ my vector and raw files as smart objects. I have found the ‘open as’ to be completely useless.
Thanks,
Ron

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On Feb 21, 6:02 pm, "Zilla" wrote:

Ok, thanks. I always open as smart objects (as default) so that makes sense.

Zilla

Hey Zilla,
How are you doing that? That’s something I would like to do. It would save me some steps if I did not have to ‘place’ my vector and raw files as smart objects. I have found the ‘open as’ to be completely useless.
Thanks,
Ron

I shoot in raw format, and when I open my files, either in Bridge or PS, there’s a "link" just under the image in the Camera Raw screen; click on that and a menu appears with a select button that says "Open in Photoshop as Smart Object."

Zilla

On Feb 21, 9:06 pm, "Zilla" wrote:

there’s a "link" just under the image in the Camera Raw screen; click on that and a menu appears with a select button that says "Open in Photoshop as Smart Object."

Zilla

I’m not seeing it. What version of PS are you using?
Thanks

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:05:52 -0800 (PST), "" wrote:

On Feb 21, 9:06 pm, "Zilla" wrote:

there’s a "link" just under the image in the Camera Raw screen; click on that and a menu appears with a select button that says "Open in Photoshop as Smart Object."

Zilla

I’m not seeing it. What version of PS are you using?
Thanks

under the image in the RAW screen there is a line with the details of the image. Click on it , it opens the "workflow options" pop up box. There is a tick box there to open as a smart object.

BTW CS3 Ver 10.0

On Feb 22, 1:47 am, Avery wrote:

BTW CS3 Ver 10.0

Curses!

Thanks Avery and Zilla

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On Feb 22, 1:47 am, Avery wrote:

BTW CS3 Ver 10.0

Curses!

Thanks Avery and Zilla

Yes PS CS3 v10.0.1. Did you find it?

Zilla

On Feb 22, 6:35 am, "Zilla" wrote:

Yes PS CS3 v10.0.1. Did you find it?

Zilla

No, apparently this is another of Adobe’s attempts to get me to upgrade from cs2. It would be nice but I have a system now that isn’t too bad.

Thanks,
Ron

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On Feb 21, 6:02 pm, "Zilla" wrote:

Ok, thanks. I always open as smart objects (as default) so that makes sense.

Zilla

Hey Zilla,
How are you doing that? That’s something I would like to do. It would save me some steps if I did not have to ‘place’ my vector and raw files as smart objects. I have found the ‘open as’ to be completely useless.
Thanks,
Ron

I shoot in raw format, and when I open my files, either in Bridge or PS, there’s a "link" just under the image in the Camera Raw screen; click on that and a menu appears with a select button that says "Open in Photoshop as Smart Object."

Zilla

holding down the Shift-key will toggle between Open Object & Open Image. Handy sometimes.

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On Feb 21, 6:02 pm, "Zilla" wrote:

Ok, thanks. I always open as smart objects (as default) so that makes sense.

Zilla

Hey Zilla,
How are you doing that? That’s something I would like to do. It would save me some steps if I did not have to ‘place’ my vector and raw files as smart objects. I have found the ‘open as’ to be completely useless.
Thanks,
Ron

I shoot in raw format, and when I open my files, either in Bridge or PS, there’s a "link" just under the image in the Camera Raw screen; click on that and a menu appears with a select button that says "Open in Photoshop as Smart Object."

Zilla

holding down the Shift-key will toggle between Open Object & Open Image. Handy sometimes.

That’s indeed what I do if I want to open the image as a non-smart object.

Zilla