Photoshop: Smart Objects

Course details

Most Adobe Photoshop artists don't make use of Smart Objects, and thus miss out on a potentially very powerful tool. With Smart Objects you can create a complex transformation once and then swap out the contents for any artwork you choose. In this workshop, Photoshop artist and author Steve Caplin shows you how you can use Smart Objects to enhance almost all your Photoshop work. Learn to simplify and speed up repetitive tasks, and create templates that can be repurposed as many times as you wish.

Learning objectives
Editing Smart Objects
Working with multiple layers
Replacing contents
Using Smart Filters
Nesting Smart Objects
Creating flexible cover shots
Working with Camera Raw
Working with videos and Illustrator files

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Introduction to Smart Objects

02 - What are Smart Objects
03 - Editing Smart Objects
04 - Working with multiple layers

2. Replacing Contents

05 - Creating the Smart Object
06 - Adding shadow and curls
07 - Replacing the contents

3. Smart Filters

08 - Applying the filters
09 - Adjusting the effects
10 - Modifying the filters appearance
11 - Adding a Layer Style
12 - Smart Objects with Puppet Warp
13 - Smart Objects with Perspective Warp

4. Multiple Smart Objects

14 - Preparing the art gallery
15 - Replacing the contents
16 - Nesting Smart Objects

5. Flexible Cover Shots

17 - Preparing the ground
18 - Distorting and blurring
19 - Editing the cover

6. Complex Distortion

20 - Preparing the surfaces
21 - Creating the label
22 - Replacing the contents

7. Working with Camera Raw

23 - Placing the Camera Raw image
24 - Creating the mask
25 - Adjusting the raw image

8. Smart Object Tips and Tricks

26 - Creating recursive images
27 - Layer styles in perspective
28 - Working with movies
29 - Working with Illustrator files

Conclusion

30 - Next steps