13 Photoshop Tutorials for Learning About Smart Objects

Smart Objects allow Photoshop users to do some powerful things, but if you haven’t used them before it can be challenging to understand how to use them. Adobe describes Smart Object this way, “Smart Objects are layers that contain image data from raster or vector images, such as Photoshop or Illustrator files. Smart Objects preserve an image’s source content with all its original characteristics, enabling you to perform nondestructive editing to the layer.”

Like anything else in Photoshop, the best way to learn about Smart Objects is to start using them and experiment. The tutorials featured in this post will show some examples of what is possible with Smart Objects, and they’ll provide a good starting point for you. Once you’ve worked through a few tutorials you’ll probably have some ideas for how you can start to use Smart Objects in your own projects.

Be Smart and Use Smart Objects

Get Smart About Smart Objects

How to Use Smart Objects

Get Smart with the Photoshop Smart Objects

Work Flexible in Photoshop Using Smart Objects

Working with Smart Objects in Photoshop

The Wonders of Camera Raw and Smart Objects

Smart Objects from Illustrator to Photoshop to Dreamweaver

Create a Complex Pattern by Nudging Smart Objects

Create a Stylish Coffee Cup with Smart Objects

Create a Smart Object Photo Template

Genius Ways to Use Photoshop Smart Objects

Making Custom Labels the Smart (Objects) Way

For more Photoshop tutorials please see:

• Learn Photoshop
• 13 Tutorials for Working with Colors in Photoshop
• 25 Photo Editing Tutorials for Photoshop
• 30 Gadget Design Tutorials for Photoshop
• 15 Photoshop Tutorials for Designing Advertisements

Published March 27th, 2012 by Steven Snell