@Marty0702 wrote:
[As an aside, I believe ALL Topaz products behave this way, and it needs to be addressed.]
Scenario:
1. I create a Smart Object Layer, from a copy of the Background Layer, in Photoshop (I happen to be using latest version PS CC 2017).
2. I invoke Topaz Studio as a Smart Filter in that Smart Layer, and apply a preset.
3. I click OK to return to PS, with that filter applied to the layer.
[If I now return to that layer, the exact same preset is applied to the layer, and all is good. However ...]
4. Repeat steps 1-3 to create a new smart object layer from the BG, invoke studio, apply a DIFFERENT preset than used in Step 2 and return to PS.
5. Return to the first smart object layer created in step 1 and modified in Topaz Studio in steps 2 & 3 - the originally applied preset is lost, and instead the preset applied in step 5 is now applied to the image.That is completely unacceptable - any work done on that first smart object is now lost and must be recreated (if possible) by the user.
That behaviour is alsocontrary to the way Smart Objects are designed to work. A Smart Object must maintain the settings of any filters that were applied when that Smart Object was created using those filters.
Topaz filters, in general, work contrary to that expected behaviour, and carry a memory from session to session. The expectation is that the user must "reset" the Topaz filter on invocation - but that behaviour also destroys any work already done in that smart object.
Topaz filters need to have the ability to save, and then read, filter settings from the saved smart objects so that user work is not destroyed for those smart objects.
[Note: Topaz filters should ALWAYS do this, but that might be too much to ask - but please bring Topaz filters in line with the operational characteristics and expected behaviours of Smart Objects in Photoshop.]
Thank you.
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