Do you use Photoshop/Lightroom Smart Objects?
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 7:09 am
Smart Objects in Photoshop and Lightroom are a dream feature. If you don't know what they are then I suggest you do as I did and spend 3-5 minutes reading about them. For a long time I had heard the name, but didn't know what they were and never bothered to check.
In Lightroom you can send a photo to Photoshop (many people know how to do this) or you can select the option to send it to Photoshop as a Smart Object. Within Photoshop you can do stuff as usual and even send the photo to a plug-in such as Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, etc. And all the time the non-destructive editing ability is maintained both in Photoshop and in Lightroom after you return. Even the plug-in stuff is basically non-destructive and you can go back and make adjustments again. Very cool! Currently if you make local adjustments in Photoshop then the Smart Object will get demoted to a normal baked-in file though. Local adjustments in Lightroom, of course, are still non-destructive.
I have played with Smart Objects with Lightroom/Photoshop/Denoise AI/Sharpen AI and it is very impressive. For my own case though I reluctantly don't use them because for me there is a tremendous downside. I know from reading this forum though that for many people that is not a downside for them. So, are people making use of this fantastic feature?
In Lightroom you can send a photo to Photoshop (many people know how to do this) or you can select the option to send it to Photoshop as a Smart Object. Within Photoshop you can do stuff as usual and even send the photo to a plug-in such as Denoise AI, Sharpen AI, etc. And all the time the non-destructive editing ability is maintained both in Photoshop and in Lightroom after you return. Even the plug-in stuff is basically non-destructive and you can go back and make adjustments again. Very cool! Currently if you make local adjustments in Photoshop then the Smart Object will get demoted to a normal baked-in file though. Local adjustments in Lightroom, of course, are still non-destructive.
I have played with Smart Objects with Lightroom/Photoshop/Denoise AI/Sharpen AI and it is very impressive. For my own case though I reluctantly don't use them because for me there is a tremendous downside. I know from reading this forum though that for many people that is not a downside for them. So, are people making use of this fantastic feature?