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Photoshop CC 2019: Masks not applying to smart filters
I often run dust and scratches as a smart filter and fill the mask with black and just bring it back where needed. Since updating to 2019, if I save a file, then re-open it, or batch process flat files, the filter is applied to the whole image, rather than just what it is masked to. I have to turn the mask off, then back on for it to apply. I had to re-open 160 images and render the smart object layer to fix them.
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JeffreyTranberry
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Thanks for reporting!
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JeffreyTranberry
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The work around is to go to Preferences > Performance... and check "Legacy Compositing"
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marita_schirwitz
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I've got a SmartObject. I edit its content which is another SmartObject. There I do some adjustments with SmartFilters and edit the mask. Save.
Back in the main document, after PS auto-refreshing the SmartObject's content, my adjustments are visible all over. The mask doesn't do it's job.
Still works as it should in the previous PS CC version
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nerveband
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In existing Photoshop versions, if you include a linked smart object, that layer's appearance shows whatever is the state of the smart object itself. However, in Photoshop CC 2019, version 20.0.1, this doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Instead, masks on Smart Filter are ignored in parent Photoshop document.
To replicate the issue:
- Create a blank photoshop file
- Insert a Linked Smart Object (.psb) from File > Placed Linked
- Edit the Linked Smart Object
- Apply a Smart Filter (e.g. Gaussian Blur)
- Apply a mask to the Smart Filter
- Go back to the parent photoshop file that you created and update the Smart Object. Notice how the Smart Filter applies to the entire image, not just the mask.
I have attached a screenshot of the issue. The Linked Smart Object is the desired outcome in the parent Photoshop File.0
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JeffreyTranberry
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