remove smart object

WJ
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webb_jonathan
Mar 17, 2008
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so i opened my psd and realized that a while back i had made a smart object from the wrong layers. (my point is that i dont have an ‘undo’ option in my history).
So how can i remove this smart object – i want my layers back. (oh, and i do NOT want them rasterized!)
thanks, J

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Mar 17, 2008
Webb,
– Double-click the smart object to open it as a separate document – Select all the layers in the Layers palette and drag them onto the source document’s window – Delete the smart object
WJ
webb_jonathan
Mar 17, 2008
yeah, thats what i did in the end.
Thanks for your reply.
MR
Mark_Reynolds
Mar 18, 2008
Yes there should be a way to do this in a automated way – to embed the layers of Smart Object into the master document. It could resample the layers to the resolution and color mode of the master document, with a suitable warning.
WJ
webb_jonathan
Mar 18, 2008
agree. wasted much time trying to ‘undo’ the smart object (as i said, i no longer had the history of the action)

also noticed that i could not simply add the layers i wanted (to the smart object). when i tried, the layers from the original were much smaller in the s.o. and resizing caused quality degradation – hence the need to turn off s.o. and start again.

Maybe in cs4 ??

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