Creating Smart Objects
There are two main methods for creating a Smart Object. If the layers you'd like to use are contained in the currently active document, just select them and choose Layer > Smart Objects > Group Into New Smart Object. If, on the other hand, the layer or layers are part of an external file, choose File>Place instead. The external file can be in any file format that Photoshop can open. That includes Adobe Illustrator and Camera Raw files. Once you've created a Smart Object, it will appear as a single layer in the Layers palette, and it will display a special icon to indicate that it's a Smart Object (Figure 15.121).
Figure 15.121. The icon in the lower right of the layer thumbnail indicates this is a Smart Object layer. ...
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