Sorry if this is a noob comment/discussion I have been looking around for more info on this stuff and can't find it.
I really love using smart objects to help me organize my workflow. But I am frustrated at the lack of control I have over how to save my smart object conversions.
There are no settings, that I can find, in preferences where I can tell CS5 this is where I want my smart object conversions automatically saved to. (it currently uses the temp cache folder? I believe thats where it places them.) I would like set the save location in my preference.
It would also be nice to organize the smart object psb files in a folder system similar to the layers in my PSD file. keeping that consistency will allow me to go through my folder system in the same manner I go through my layers.
Sorry if this workflow already exists. I'm having trouble finding any in depth information on saving psb files. hitting export on every smart objects is very tedious.
Here is an example of what I mean
PSD FILE:
FOLDER1
>SubFolder1>
>> image
>> image
>> image
>>>Sub_Subfolder2>
>>>>> image
>>>>> image
>>>>> image
Convert each folder to Smart Object
SmartObject_FOLDER1
>SmartObject_Subfolder1
>>>SmartObject_SubSubfolder2
PSB SAVED LOCATION:
USER SETS LOCATION
C:/whereever/smartfolders/
autosave
files structure:
Directory
SmartObject_FOLDER1.PSB
SUB DIRECTORY
>SmartObject_Subfolder1.PSB
SUB SUB DIRECTORY
>>>SmartObject_SubSubfolder2.PSB
I know I can export each smart object individually but is there a preference function to do this automatically?
Does this exist and I just don't know it?