How to Work Smart In Photoshop
Many actions within Photoshop are destructive, which means that when you make an edit, you lose information. That’s why using non-destructive Smart Objects is a wise choice. But they do call for a new way of thinking and working. This excerpt walks you through the steps with easy-to-follow visuals and focused tutorials.
If this were anything but a Smart Object, you’d be stuck with this warp. However, since you converted this to a Smart Object first, you can choose Edit>Transform>Warp once again, and you’ll see that Photoshop remembered your warp settings. You can choose None from the Warp pop-up menu in the Options Bar to reset the Smart Object or you can just tweak the warp grid if you want.
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Excerpted from The Photoshop CS2 Speed Clinic: Automating Photoshop to Get Twice the Work Done in Half the Time by Matt Kloskowski. Copyright © 2006 by Kelby Corporate Management, Inc. Used with permission of Pearson Education, Inc., and Peachpit Press.
This article was last modified on January 4, 2023
This article was first published on December 4, 2006
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