434 Extracting an unmodified photo from a Smart Object

- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…This week I'm going to show you how…to extract an original photograph from a Smart Object.…So, for example, I've got this selfie right here…that I captured with an iPhone so naturally…I had to do a lot of work to it inside Photoshop…but let's say I lost the original and for some reason,…I want to regain access to it.…This is a really simple trick but it's a good trick to know.…Here, let me show you exactly how it works.…All right, so here's that iPhone selfie…and I have made a ton of modifications to it…including some cosmetic adjustments.…

I've corrected the luminance levels.…I've straightened the image as well,…but because the photograph is contained in a…protective Smart Object, to which I've applied a…non-destructive transformation and a couple…Smart filters, I can regain access to that untampered…original photo anytime I like, just by double clicking…in a Smart Object thumbnail here inside the layers panel…and that will open the image and you can see…