What is the layer "Smart Object Thumbnail" in the new PS? What is the function and how to edit it?

Smart object: Apply the special effect layer of psd file, set the layer as smart object, and obtain psd effect by changing the content of the layer.

To use smart objects:

1. Create a new file and create a text layer.

2. Select the text layer in Layers, right-click and select Convert to Smart Object.

5.ctrl+s saves the changed layer and returns to the original file to see the effect. The text style of the original file is the same as that of the second file.

4. In the new psd file, double-click the text layer to modify the content and style of the text. For example, the text is changed to "changed" and the color is changed to # 196ddd.

5.ctrl+s saves the changed layer and returns to the original file to see the effect. The text style of the original file is the same as that of the second file.

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Smart object function:

1. Smart objects are different from ordinary layers in that they retain the source content of the image and all its original features.

Select a normal layer and convert it into a smart layer. There will be no pixel loss when zooming in and out, and it will be the same as the original image.

2. Smart objects can replace content.

Double-click the thumbnail of the smart object, and PS will open the source file of a smart object, where you can modify the file at the pixel level or directly replace the content, and finally merge the visible layers to save. At this time, close the source file and return to the PSD where the original smart object is located, and you can find that the smart object has changed.

For example, we can use PS as a template for metal text, convert text layers into smart objects, and then metallize smart objects. When we want to modify the text, we just need to double-click the thumbnail to enter the text source file for modification, and then save it.

3. When copying smart objects, multiple smart objects * * * share a source file.

When Ctrl+J copies a smart object, double-click one of the thumbnails to enter the source file for modification. Ctrl+S, all copied smart objects have been changed.

4. Create a new smart object by copying.

Right click "Create a new smart object by copying", so that PS will copy a new source file, and the two smart objects will not * * * share the source code.

5, the use of smart filters.

After converting the layer into a smart object, add a filter to the smart object, and PS will automatically use the smart filter. Smart filter allows you to adjust the parameters of the filter at any time.