Adding Smart Objects to the Layout Editor


    To add files in the Photoshop, Illustrator, or PDF formats, use the Smart Photoshop, Smart Illustrator, or Smart PDF objects. To add files in other formats, use the Smart Generic object. The Smart Generic object supports the following formats: BMP, PCX, Pixar, Amiga IFF, TIFF, TARGA, PDF, EPS, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, and PICT (Mac OS only).

    When you add a Smart Photoshop or Smart Illustrator object, you can access many additional features, such as slices and variables. (See Adding Photoshop images and Adding Illustrator artwork.) Similarly, when you add a Smart PDF object, you can add a PDF page as an image. (See Adding PDF pages as images.)

To add a Smart Object to your Web page:

  1. From the Smart set Smart set in the Objects palette, drag a Smart Photoshop Smart Photoshop object, Smart Illustrator Smart Illustrator object, Smart PDF Smart PDF object, or Smart Generic Smart Generic object object to the Layout Editor.
  2. In the Smart Image Inspector, specify a file for the image.
  3. Tip You can also add a Smart Object by dragging a Smart Object-compatible file to the Layout Editor.