To add a watermark as a linked smart object, you'll first want to create your logo in a separate document. Let's see how it works!ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! Creating the logo document If you edit the logo, the changes in that one file will be updated throughout all of your images. You can save your logo as a separate file, and then link all of your images to that file. This makes linked smart objects perfect for things like watermarks. Multiple documents can all be linked to the same file, and any changes you make to that file will instantly appear in every document that links to it! Rather than embedding their contents, a linked smart object simply links to an external file, like a separate Photoshop document. Any changes you made to your smart object in one document would not appear in any others.īut linked smart objects are different. This meant that there was no way to share a smart object between documents. Before that, the contents of a smart object were always embedded in the document. Step 2 To remove the before-after marks, at your first attempt, take a selection tool. We are going to remove the before-after marks and the watermark as well. But in Photoshop CC, Adobe introduced a new type of smart object known as a linked smart object. Step 1 Open an image containing a watermark in Photoshop to remove the watermark. Smart objects have been around since Photoshop CS2.

Let's get started! What are linked smart objects? So to follow along, you'll need Photoshop CC and you'll want to make sure that your copy is up to date.

In this tutorial, you'll learn not only how to add your logo or copyright information as a watermark to your images, but also how to make sure that any changes to it instantly update across all your images, by adding your watermark as a linked smart object in Photoshop! Linked smart objects are very powerful, but they're only available in Photoshop CC.

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