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LAYER AS A SMART OBJECT


                 You are painting or applying filters directly to the pixels. After working          Factopedia
                 for almost an hour you feel that you are not happy with the results.
                 You cannot undo the changes made to the original image. For saving
                 the pixels you can put them inside a container. Smart object works
                 like a container to an image. When you make a layer a Smart object,
                 you will be able to perform non-destructive editing to the layer. Smart
                 Objects preserve an image’s source content. There are two ways to
                 convert a layer into smart object. They are:                                     Photoshop was
                                                                                               created by brothers
                    Click on the Layer option in the Application Bar. Click on the Smart        Thomas and John
                   Objects and select Convert to Smart Object.
                                                                                               Knoll in 1987. Initially,
                   OR                                                                          it was called Display.

                    Right click on the layer you want to edit. From the pop-up menu,
                   select Convert to Smart Object.
                 A smart object icon appears in the lower right of the layer’s preview
                 thumbnail. It enables you to make unlimited changes without losing
                 the quality of an image.





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                        A layer can be defined as one image stacked on top of
                      another to form a complete image.
                        Photoshop provides various painting tools such as Eyedropper            Photoshop Express
                      Tool, 3D Material Eyedropper Tool, Color Sampler Tool, Ruler             is the free version of
                      Tool, etc.                                                                    Photoshop.

                        Retouching tools help you to add or remove objects from an
                      image.
                        Photoshop  provides  various   retouching  tools  such  as  Spot
                      Healing Brush Tool, Healing Brush Tool, Patch Tool, Content
                      Aware Move Tool, Pattern Stamp Tool, Burn Tool, etc.
                        Photoshop  allows you  modify  view of an image using  the
                      navigation tools.

                        Image menu in the Application Bar has various options related          Photoshop Mix is an
                      to color, size and view of an image.                                    application developed
                       Smart object works like a container to an image.                        specifically for tablets
                                                                                                 and touchscreen
                                                                                                     devices.





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