Photoshop Smart Filters Masking

[luis_modesti]

<p>I have up to Photoshop CS5, if this is possible in CS6 or newer, bear with me on CS5.<br>

When applying smart filters stacked together to a smart object. there is only masking for the entire stack. So the masking applies to all the filters at once. If I want to apply different masking to the stacked up filters, how do I go about doing that ? For instance, an example would be smart sharpen and noise reduction together, they may not necessarily have the same masking. </p>

<p>thank you in advance.</p>

[john_wheeler6]

<p>Hi Luis<br>

This can be done with hierarchical Smart Objects.<br>

<br />- Create the Smart Object of the original<br>

- Apply the first desired filter with the desired filter masking<br>

- Now use the same command and turn this Smart Object with the first filter into another Smart Object<br>

- Apply the second filter as well as the desired masking for that filter.<br>

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To access the first filter you have to double click the Smart Object thumbnail in the Layer panel.<br>

Hope this helps.</p>