Layer via Copy/Cut is not available on Smart Object

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dan_elliott
Apr 28, 2005
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Just curious. In previous versions. If I had the Magic Wand set to 255, highlighted a layer to select the entire color content, I could then drag a layer on top of that selected area, right click on the new layer and Layer Via Copy or Cut to get an entirely new layer, exact in size to my underlying layer. It doesn’t seem with CS2 that I have this option?
I highlighted via Magic Wand at 255, got the entire selection of the underlying layer, then right clicked on my new Smart Object Layer, yet the Layer Via Copy and Layer Via Cut options are grayed out and unavailabe. Is there something I’m doing wrong, or a workaround?
Thanks very much.

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dan_elliott
May 1, 2005
never got a reply from anyone on this. Anybody else experience this? Seems I have to rasterize down to a normal layer to proceed.

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