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Place Files as Smart Object Layers
As you have seen in the last few exercises, copying layer content from one file to
another results in new regular layers for the pasted content. Photoshop also supports
Smart Object layers, in which you place one file into another instead of pasting layer
content. Smart Objects provide a number of advantages over regular layers, which
you will explore later in this project. In this exercise, you will create the Smart Object
layers for the remaining image elements.

1. With aftermath.psd open, choose File>Place Embedded.
Two options in the File menu — Place Embedded and Place Linked — give you the
option to embed the placed file data into active file, or to place smart objects as links
to the original placed file. (See Page 53 for more about placing linked files.)

2. Choose the Lightning.jpg file (in your WIP>Movie folder) and click Place.

The placed file appears with bounding-box handles and crossed diagonal lines. The
placement isn’t final until you press Return/Enter. If you press the Escape key, the file
will not be placed.
In the Options bar, you can see that the placed image has been scaled to approximately
45% to fit into the document where it is being placed.

The Options bar shows
that the placed image
has been scaled to fit
into the active canvas.
The placed image is
centered in the
document window.

Crossed diagonal lines
and bounding-box
handles indicate that the
placement is not yet final.

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