How do I make "Adjustments" to smart objects???

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The items in the "Adjustments..." menu are greyed out for smart objects. Besides rasterizing a smart object, making adjustments, then converting it back to smart object, what is a more direct way to do this?
#1
Zilla wrote:

The items in the "Adjustments..." menu are greyed out for smart objects. Besides rasterizing a smart object, making adjustments, then converting it back to smart object, what is a more direct way to do this?

Use an Adjustment Layer.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com
#2
On Sun, 18 May 2008 15:02:22 -0400, Zilla wrote:

The items in the "Adjustments..." menu are greyed out for smart objects. Besides rasterizing a smart object, making adjustments, then converting it back to smart object, what is a more direct way to do this?

I may not be understanding your question, but can you just double click on the smart object to edit it?
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Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com
#3
"Mike Russell" wrote in message
On Sun, 18 May 2008 15:02:22 -0400, Zilla wrote:

The items in the "Adjustments..." menu are greyed out for smart objects. Besides rasterizing a smart object, making adjustments, then converting it back to smart object, what is a more direct way to do this?

I may not be understanding your question, but can you just double click on the smart object to edit it?
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Mike Russell - http://www.curvemeister.com

Open a smart object in PS CS3. Then go to Image->Adjustments... See the greyed
out menu selections?
#4
"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
Zilla wrote:

The items in the "Adjustments..." menu are greyed out for smart objects. Besides rasterizing a smart object, making adjustments, then converting it back to smart object, what is a more direct way to do this?

Use an Adjustment Layer.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com

Yeah, that's it. TY
#5
Mike Russell wrote:

On Sun, 18 May 2008 15:02:22 -0400, Zilla wrote:

The items in the "Adjustments..." menu are greyed out for smart objects. Besides rasterizing a smart object, making adjustments, then converting it back to smart object, what is a more direct way to do this?

I may not be understanding your question, but can you just double click on the smart object to edit it?

Depends on what you want to do. Double clicking a smart object opens it, so you can adjust the individual items inside the object. That was not the question. The question was: suppose you want to use Levels on the smart object. You can't do that, because Levels is greyed out if you have selected the object. The answer is to use an adjustment layer, and combine it as a clpping mask if the adjustment should only be on the object.

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.com
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