: 'Un-smart' object in Photoshop I've created a design in Photoshop CS6, and used a large number of smarts object which made the workflow more easy (at least for me). Now I've finished working

@Cugini998

This might help some of you:


Select the Smart Object layer
Ad new Layer (put it below the Smart Object Layer if you want to keep the naming)
Select New Layer & Smart Object Layer
CMD/CTRL+E (Merge both layer > your Smart Object should show exactly as you have arranged, sized it on your canvas)


We compared the same drawing with/without Smart Object technique > Result: without Smart Objects the file becomes smaller.

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@Voss6371140

Scail each smart object to the exact size they are represented in your final file.
Select all the layers in the smart object and drag then to your final file
Use the smart object to aling and check the scail of the new files that you dragged from it.
Once scail and positioning are corect delete the smart object.


This must be done with each smart object converted back to layers in your final file.

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@Reiling762

Open Smart Object by double-clicking icon at the left edge of SO layer.
Ctrl+Alt+I then resize image to match that of original destination.
Select all layers in the Smart Object
Right-click on the selected layers and Choose Duplicate.
From destination list, choose Main (or New) Doc
Close without saving/Hide, or Delete your smart object.


You're done.
The new duplicated layers retains any style mods, as well.
Xor42

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@Vandalay110

I first tried Captain Awesome script but not suit to me, so I wrote my own. But it will not works on CS6. Supported version is PS CC 2015.1.2+

Features


Puts content exactly on the same place.
Works with multiple layers simultaneously.
Respects selected composition in the smart object.
Scales content if the "SO" has different size.
Also scales layer effects.


Download here: bereza.cz/ps/

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@LarsenBagley460

Here's an easy way to unsmart a smart object in Adobe Photoshop CC:


on a Mac control + click the smart object layer
select "select pixels"
go into the Layer menu / New / Layer Via Copy or click command + J


Note: this his non-destructive to the smart layer.

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@Annie732

I have a pretty effective method that works -- although it's not the most elegant workaround. If you double click on the smart object in your 'Layers' panel, it'll open up in a new window.

Obviously, you can edit the contents of the smart object this way. But, if you select all the layers of your smart object -- again, in the "layers" panel -- then hover your move tool over the canvas, you'll be able to drag and drop all the layers onto the original canvas's window.

You might have to drag & drop to get the alignment of things back in order, but overall it's a workaround for an otherwise difficult problem.

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@Turnbaugh909

Double-click the Smart Object to open it in a new window
Highlight all the layers in the .psb (smart object) which opens
Choose Layer > Group from the menu
Hold the Shift key down and drag from the Smart Object Window to your original document window with the Move Tool.
Drag the fx icon from the Smart Object layer to the new Layer Group you just dragged over
Delete the Smart Object layer.


The only caveats to this method are scale and positioning. You may need to reposition some groups depending on how they interact with the edges of the original document. And if you scaled the Smart Object layer, you may need to scale the group as well.

This method is far from perfect, but it's about the only method I'm aware of.


Per comments, (originally found by Joonas) there appears to be a script written by Kamil Khadeyev which automates some of this. You can view details of the script at the Captain Awesome web site. I make no claims as to the functionality of the script having never used it myself.

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@Angela777

Unfortunately, smart objects are dumb in that respect.

With all the magic that smart layers allows you to do, the negative is that there isn't an easy way to ungroup them efficiently. The only way to bring the contents of that smart object into your Photoshop document is to export the smart object as a .psb file, or edit the smart object and then manually duplicate the layers back into the original document.

If you had filter effects on the smart object you would then need to reapply them. If at all possible, I would duplicate the smart object and then rasterize the copy, but if you have no other choice you might have to manually go through the contents of the smart object to bring them back to the original document.

Edit:
Link to scripts that allow the expansion of a smart object - Kam88's blog - this is a custom script that you can apply in your presets / scripts folder and use to expand the smart object. Works like a charm.

Credit to Joonas

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