3 Replies Latest reply: Mar 12, 2014 10:59 AM by twenty_one RSS

    Smart Objects not Updating in PS CC

    Sclark Community Member

      I'm designing elements in Illustrator CC and then copy and paste them into PS and select  Create Smart Object. I've also tried saving the AI element and then placeing in PS as well. Then if I double click the smart object to edit it, it will open up in illustrator and I make a change then save and close and when I re-activate PS the change does not apply.

       

      Did PS change something that I'm not aware of? This is a huge pain in the A**. Anyone else having this problem?

        • 1. Re: Smart Objects not Updating in PS CC
          c.pfaffenbichler Community Member

          I can’t reproduce the behaviour.

          Could you elaborate on teh exact steps?

           

          Did you try Edit > Place Embedded or Place Linked?

          • 2. Re: Smart Objects not Updating in PS CC
            Sclark Community Member

            I was actually just working in Illlustrator. Selecting the vector object and then select PS and Paste. I'm then asked if I want this to be a smart object. I select yes and it adds the object as a smart object layer. If I double click the layer it opens it in Illustrator, I make a change, save it and close it. Then back to PS and the smart object doesn't update.

             

            I haven't used Place Embedded or Place Linked. I don't understand what those functions do. It's just not how I'm use to working.

             

            Actually I have a large PSD doc. Inside it is a group of objects that I have turned into a Smart object. Inside that (by double clicking) is an AI file that is also a smart object. When I open that up to make a change it won't update once I save and close.

             

            I have tried a coulpe of test with placed Linked and Embedded objects and I can't get those to work either. So what ever the change was. So far not really liking it.

            • 3. Re: Smart Objects not Updating in PS CC
              twenty_one Community Member

              Place Embedded puts a copy of the file inside the PSD, separate from the original. Editing that Smart Object won't affect the original.

               

              Place Linked just links to the original file. Editing will change the original, since you're saving back over it.

               

              Anyway, I tried it with a simple copy/paste, and that produces an embedded smart object. This is the "traditional" way for Photoshop to handle it. Editing that in Illustrator does update the PS smart object. As it should. So there's something not right on your end if it doesn't do that.

               

              Something to check is where the Ai smart object saves to. It should go to a temp directory in App Data, which is a hidden folder in the user account. That's where it goes if you do it the way you're supposed to - just click Save and exit. But you can check the path with Save As (instead of Save), and just note where it's headed.