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Myra Bartalos
984 PointsDuplicating Smart Objects Type
Can someone tell me how the instructor duplicated the smart object type starting at 3:00 of this video? When I try to do the same, a new layer Text layer appears in my Photoshop but in the video the duplicated smart object type appears as two layers of an exact copy. Thanks.
2 Answers
CJ Williams
34,372 PointsYou will want to right click on the smart object in the layers panel and click Create new smart object via copy, if I am understanding your question correctly.
Aldo Merino
6,066 Pointsi know this is old but it might work for other people wondering as well:
Hold Alt and drag it where u want to copy it. thats it! maybe its a bit confusing because the normal copy method is ctrl - drag
CJ Williams
34,372 PointsThis method doesn't create a unique copy of the smart object. So, if you edit one smart object, it will apply those changes to all copies of that particular smart object.
Aldo Merino
6,066 Pointsthx for the comment, din't knew about that. so there is no quick method to create a unique copy? u have to right click copy?
CJ Williams
34,372 PointsNo default shortcut. You could set up a custom keyboard shortcut if it is a feature you see yourself using often. It would be nice if Adobe would make an ctrl+alt drag shortcut to duplicate a new smart object via copy. I am going to send a feature request to them and see if it something they could add.