From the course: Motion Control 3D: Bringing Photos to Life in Three Dimensions with After Effects and Photoshop CC (2019)
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Using Smart Objects to organize
From the course: Motion Control 3D: Bringing Photos to Life in Three Dimensions with After Effects and Photoshop CC (2019)
Using Smart Objects to organize
As you work in Photoshop, you may find it necessary to take advantage of Smart Objects. Remember, every layer is going to be imported into After Effects when you use the import as composition command. So, you might want to get rid of some layers, but do it in a nonpermanent way. For example, let's look at this image here. I'll turn off some of the layers for a second, and you see we have our background. Well, in this case, these two pieces were done separately. It was easier to select the pieces independently. Now, if I wanted, I could animate these as two separate layers, or maybe I want to combine 'em. If I select both layers and choose Merge, you see that a new layer is made, but the layer masks are discarded, so let's undo. That was a destructive merge. On the other hand, if I Shift click to select both layers, I can choose Layer and convert these into a Smart Object. Smart Objects, Convert. Now, in the canvas it…
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