Smart Objects

You can print an image that contains vector data on a non-PostScript printer and maintain the crisp edges by saving it as a PDF file and printing it from Adobe Acrobat.

Smart Objects have introduced a completely new way of working in Photoshop. Instead of the good old one- element-per-layer tradition, images are dealt with in a way that is similar to how page-layout programs link to external image files. If you're not familiar with that concept, it basically means that when you place an image on a page, you're actually just viewing a preview of the image that is stored on your hard drive. You're free to scale, rotate and crop the ...

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