Expanding Smart Objects (Script)
May 1, 2013 at 19:57 in download
Remember a while ago I wrote
how to expand Smart Objects in Photoshop? So, yeah, that is kind of
tedious process. Therefore, I made a script that makes all work for us.
Move downloaded file to the
Now you can select Smart Object and press
Take a notice though, script works only with Smart Objects that were created in Photoshop. With Illustrator's Smart Objects it will not work. Also, script expands original Smart Object, without transformations (e.g. if you resized your SmartObject in 200%, expanded will be 100% anyway)
Happy pixelin'!
Source: Captain awersome
Download @ Install
As usual, you can download latest version of script hereMove downloaded file to the
/Photoshop/Presets/Scripts/
folder and restart your Photoshop. Script will appear in the menu File→Scripts→[KAM] Expand SmartObject
Using
I highly recommend you to setup a hotkey for the script (Edit→Keyboard shortcuts…
), something like ctrl+cmd+E
. And you can also assign a hotkey to the Convert to Smart Object
to ctrl+cmd+S
(it is in Layer→Smart Objects>
) Now you can select Smart Object and press
ctrl+cmd+E
, script will expand it as group of layers with the name of the original Smart Object and place it in the same place. Take a notice though, script works only with Smart Objects that were created in Photoshop. With Illustrator's Smart Objects it will not work. Also, script expands original Smart Object, without transformations (e.g. if you resized your SmartObject in 200%, expanded will be 100% anyway)
Yep
My blog is starting to filling up with scripts. I guess I should write something about vanilla design too. Or not. Anyway. Hope you'll find the script useful.Happy pixelin'!
Source: Captain awersome