To create a second copy of a Smart Object, right-click on the Smart Object layer in the Photoshop Layers window. When you duplicate or copy a Smart Object, you are also copying any Smart Filters applied to that Smart Object. This article explains the difference, and how you can create both types of Smart Object using a simple copy command. If you don’t understand the difference then you may encounter unexpected behaviour. IMPORTANT: When you copy a Smart Object you can create linked and unlinked objects. Which is best will depend on what you intend to do, but it’s likely that only copying only the Smart Object will work best in most instances. Copy the Smart Object together with the Smart Filter.There are two methods we can use to copy a Smart Filter:
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Now that we’ve covered the moving and ordering of Smart Filters, we can look at how to copy them. After dragging it over the Smart Object you want to move it to, release the mouse to drop it into location. The easiest way to do this is by clicking and dragging the Smart Filter in the Photoshop Layers Window. Moving the Smart FilterĪfter adding a Smart Filter, you can move it to another Smart Object. This adds the filter to the Smart Object and opens the filter dialog to apply changes. If we select one of the Smart Object layers in the Layers Window, we can add the Camera Raw filter from the Photoshop Filter menu. If you try to add one of these that can’t work as a Smart Filter, Photoshop displays a warning message.Īfter adding a Smart Filter to a Smart Object, the Smart Filter looks and acts like a regular filter. The exceptions to this are third party filters and plug-ins. Then, if the filter you are trying to add to the Smart Object isn’t a Smart Filter, Photoshop disables it in the menu. If you are new to editing using Smart Objects, this tutorial will explain what Smart Objects are and how to use them.
That’s why we need to create Smart Object layers before trying to add a Smart Filter.
Photoshop only allows you to add Smart Filters to Smart Object layers.
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