: Export layers and smart object layers to files? In my .psd file I have many layers, and within those layers are many Smart Objects. These Smart Objects also have their own set of layers that

@Berumen635

This is what i understood..

You can rasterize the smart object layer and then can export them with all common layers possibly this will work.

And you can edit/ungroup smart object layer as well just right click and select edit contents



by this a new document will pop up asking you to save in the same folder as .psb, read that message carefully, after getting this window you can edit those layers which you already have in your smart object layer...when you'll save this document you can see the effects in your original document.

For a better understanding please see this link....


Understanding Photoshop Smart Objects & Layers
Using Smart Object Layers in Photoshop CS4


hope this is clear and useful

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@Ogunnowo857

Because Smart Object's are much like normal layers in the document.. ( ...much like.. ) It gets exported as one layer discarding all the layers inside Smart Object.

Probably the first solution one might think to try, would be to "Ungroup" or "Unlink" Smart Object. On that note we stumble to one big big "booohoo" *sniff* side of Smart Object's. You can't do such a thing.

Unless theres a plugin or something that I dont know about, you can't Ungroup a Smar Object.

Unless you manually go to Edit mode and Duplicate the layers inside Smart Object into the work document. Then you could export the layers.

You could also make Action that makes it easier for you to save every separate Smart Object as layers in the Smart Object edit mode.



Theres one good thing I had in my mind.


Double click open all smart objects. Double click the thumbnail ( doesnt really take that long
unless you have millions of them. You might want to use Ctrl+TAB to get back to work document after double clicking )
Close the work document.
Make action where you just save layers as files as you normally
would and close current document Ctrl+W and stop the action recording.
Then you can basically play this function for all opened smart
objects by pressing play on the action or by pressing hotkeys until you are out of documents to do this in.


If you happen to have separate .psb files opening those in a bulk would be much faster than opening smart objects separately from within the work document..

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