You can see the filters you’ve applied in the Layers panel. If you change your mind you can still edit all the filters you’ve applied. Go to Filter > Blur and select ‘ Gaussian Blur…’ Then drag the sliders until it looks natural. Go to Image > Adjustments and select ‘Brightness/Contrast…’ Make sure to select the Smart Object layer. In my case, the photo is too bright and needs blur to look natural. We need to apply a Smart Filter and edit the image behind the Smart Object to fix this. The brightness and overall look of the photo don’t match. But now we’re going to see the real advantage of Smart Objects in Photoshop. Zoom in and drag the corners of the Smart Object to make it fit in the frame. Go to Edit > Transform and select ‘Distort’. The last thing we have to do to make the new photo fit in the frame naturally, is to change the perspective. Move the image over the frame.ĭouble click on the image to confirm the transformation. Hold Shift while you resize so it doesn’t affect the aspect ratio of the image. It doesn’t affect the file behind the Smart Object. You can always resize again without losing quality. Use shortcut Cmd + T (Ctrl + T for Windows) to resize it. The photo is too big to fit the frame of the picture, so we have to resize it first. When you drop it, Photoshop will automatically convert your photo into a Smart Object while placing it in a new layer. You can use any image file but for this example, I want you to pick a jpg file so we can later replace it with a different type of file. Now, locate the photo you want to put into the frame. Open the photo of the girl looking at the frame. The easiest way to create a Smart object is to drag and drop an image file on the art board. To practice, you can use the same image of the girl and frame and replace the photo with one of your own. I’m going to replace it with a photo I took in Bombay, India. I’m going to replace the photo inside the frame on the wall of this image. I’ll make everything clear with an example. These are some basic operations to start with. There are several ways to create smart objects and a lot of ways to use them. You can however edit the image behind the Smart Object if you’d like. This means that you can’t dodge, burn, or clone for example.
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What you can’t do, is alter the pixel data. This means you can keep using the artworks as vectors in Photoshop. You can import or copy/paste vector artwork from Illustrator in Photoshop without rasterising it. With regular filters, you would have to undo and reapply them if you want to make changes. You can apply filters to Smart Objects and edit them at any time. The transformations only affect the Smart Object but not the original image behind it. You can transform Smart Objects without losing the original data or image quality. Here are a few important advantages of Smart Objects. There are tons of possibilities when you decide to use Smart Objects in Photoshop. They enable you to make changes without losing quality. Smart Objects take the concept of nondestructive editing even further. They allow you to edit your photos without destroying the original.