How to turn off Smart Objects

Somehow when I first installed Adobe PS CS3, I messed up and chose an option that causes all my pictures to open as smart objects. This is a pain because in order for me to do thecommon editing I always do I need to open image / flatten image and then I can doadjustments. Can someone please tell me how I can make it so my pictures open each time not as a smart object? I do appreciate you help

pcimaging wrote in post #7606213
I somehow made a wrong selection and now every photo I open in CS3 opens as a smart object. I need toknow how to change it back so I do not have to choose flatten layers on every file. Could someone please enlighten me ? Thanks in advance.

Just to be sure I understand the problem: You open Photoshop (not ACR), navigate to a jpeg, and it opens inside Photoshop as a smart object? And you're not using the "Open as smart object" option?

Menú Edit > Preferences > File Handling > Prefer Adobe Camera RAW for JPEG Files (NO Checkmark).

Sorry for my English.
Bye

Actually now I deselected the option to have JPEG's handled with the RAW converter ( ACR2 ) but I still have the same problem with all the RAW files I open. Every time a file ( CR2 ) opens in ACR2 I am given one option when ready to edit in Photoshop. It simply says "Open Object". How do I get that to allow metoopen the image as it used to as a CR2 ? I just donot want every picture that gos throughmy ACR2 to haveto open as a smart object. I have discovered that if I hol the shift key when I chose opne object it opens as it is supposed to. I may just have to live with that. Or I may have to figure out why smart objects could bebefit my style of editing. I do not think it does.

I open nearly all of my pictures from the Bridge browser. It is just the RAW files I am having this issue with when they open in ACR2.

Peano wrote in post #7606644
Just to be sure I understand the problem: You open Photoshop (not ACR), navigate to a jpeg, and it opens inside Photoshop as a smart object? And you're not using the "Open as smart object" option?

Thanks for that, I did this and at least now my JPEG's and TIFs are opening properly. Thanks

7hj wrote in post #7608474
Menú Edit > Preferences > File Handling > Prefer Adobe Camera RAW for JPEG Files (NO Checkmark).

Sorry for my English.
Bye

Hi

In ACR there is a line across the bottom of the window which defines what format the image will have when opened in PS. Click on this brings up a window to chose 8/16 bit and colour profile. Here is a tick box to open the image as a smart object. Clear this click ok and you're done.

Alan

pcimaging wrote in post #7610357
It is just the RAW files I am having this issue with when they open in ACR2.

Ah, thought so.

In ACR, click here:

Alright , that did the trick ! Thanks a lot to you. I looked and looked unsuccessfully. I would never have thought to click that link.