Update a smart object, Update multiple smart objects – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2014 v.13 User Manual
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Note:
1. In Dreamweaver (Design or Code view), place the insertion point on your page where you want the image inserted.
2. Select Insert > Image.
You can also drag the PSD file to the page from the Files panel if you’re storing your Photoshop files in your website. If you do so, you’ll
skip the next step.
3. Locate your Photoshop PSD image file in the Select Image Source dialog box by clicking the Browse button and navigating to it.
4. In the Image Optimization dialog box that appears, adjust optimization settings as needed and click OK.
5. Save the web-ready image file to a location within your website’s root folder.
Dreamweaver creates the Smart Object based on the selected optimization settings and places a web-ready version of the image on your page.
The Smart Object maintains a live connection to the original image and lets you know when the two are out of synch.
If you decide later that you want to change the optimization settings for an image placed in your pages, you can select the image, click the
Edit Image Settings button in the Property inspector, and make changes in the Image Optimization dialog box. Changes made in the Image
Optimization dialog box are applied non-destructively. Dreamweaver never modifies the original Photoshop file, and always re-creates the web
image based on the original data.
For a video tutorial about working with Photoshop Smart Objects, see
Update a Smart Object
If you change the Photoshop file to which your Smart Object is linked, Dreamweaver notifies you that the web-ready image is out of sync with the
original. In Dreamweaver, Smart Objects are denoted by an icon at the upper left corner of the image. When the web-ready image in
Dreamweaver is in sync with the original Photoshop file, both of the arrows in the icon are green. When the web-ready image is out of sync with
the original Photoshop file, one of the icon’s arrows turns read.
To update a Smart Object with the current contents of the original Photoshop file, select the Smart Object in the Document window, and then
click the Update from Original button in the Property inspector.
You do not need Photoshop installed to make the update from Dreamweaver.
Update multiple Smart Objects
You can update multiple Smart Objects at once using the Assets panel. The Assets panel also lets you see Smart Objects that might not be
selectable in the Document window (for example, CSS background images).
1. In the Files panel, click the Assets tab to view site assets.
2. Make sure that Images view is selected. If it isn’t, click the Images button.
3. Select each image asset in the Assets panel. When you select a Smart Object, you’ll see the Smart Object icon in the upper left corner of
the image. Regular images do not have this icon.
4. For each Smart Object that you want to update, right-click the filename and select Update from Original. You can also Control-click to select
multiple filenames and update them all at once.
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