Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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Open an Image as a
Smart Object and Copy
It to another Document
1 Open a new blank
document.
2 Open an image as a
Smart Object as in the
first section of this task.
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DIFFICULTY LEVEL
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3 Click Window ➪
Arrange ➪ Tile so you
can view both images
on-screen.
4 Click and drag the
Smart Object layer from
the first document to
the blank document.
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Note: You can close the Smart
Object document after you have
moved it.
The Smart Object layer appears in
the other document.
5 Click Edit ➪ Free Transform.
A Handles and a bounding box
appear on the Smart Object layer.
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6 Shift+click and drag an anchor
point to reduce the photo size.
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7 Click the Commit button to apply
the transformation.
The image on the layer is scaled
down, but can be resized back up
to its original size without any
data loss.
TIPS
More Options!
You can edit the contents of any
Smart Object layer. Click Layer ➪
Smart Objects ➪ Edit Contents.
Click OK in the warning dialog box
that appears. Edit the original file
and press Ô+S (Ctrl+S). The Smart
Object image is updated.
Try This!
You can create duplicates of a
Smart Object layer in a document
and link them. When you replace
the contents of one Smart Object
layer, all the duplicates are
automatically updated at the same
time.
Did You Know?
You can open a RAW file (such as a
DNG, CR2, or NEF file) as a Smart
Object by Shift+clicking the Open
Image button in Camera Raw. You
can then return to Camera Raw
even after making edits to the
image to make more changes
without any data loss.
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