Photoshop is an application with such breadth and depth that you may never find a need to integrate your images with any other application. But just in case you need to, you’ll be happy to know that working between Photoshop and other programs is easier than ever, especially if you’re working within the latest versions of Adobe’s companion programs. I obviously can’t cover every program you may want to partner with Photoshop, but I’ll hit a few of them. You’ll find that similar types of programs also share similarities in the kinds of Photoshop files they will accept and so on. So if I don’t cover the specific program you have in mind, read up on one that’s similar. It may give you the information that you need. But if all else fails, you may have to break open the dreaded application user manual.
Illustrator, Adobe’s vector graphics drawing program, is probably the friendliest program to work with Photoshop. Maybe it’s natural that a drawing program and an image-editing/painting program go hand in hand. Or it may be because the two applications share a lot of common elements — paths, filters, layers, colors, and so on. Whatever the reason, feel free to move files between Photoshop and Illustrator. Layers, masks, transparency, and shapes are all preserved.
Why would you want to bring your images into Illustrator when Photoshop now has vector capabilities? Well, even though Photoshop can now create vector shapes and type, it’s still an image editor at heart and doesn’t quite have the same drawing capabilities of Illustrator. Illustrator is superior when it comes to creating complex, compound paths and handling large chunks of text here and there. For example, say you want to create a large poster that includes photographs and vector graphics and type. The best course of action is to prepare your photos in Photoshop and save them as EPS or TIFF files. Then you open a new file in Illustrator by using your poster’s dimensions. Place your photos in the Illustrator file, add your vector graphics and type, and save your file as a native Illustrator or Illustrator EPS file. Illustrator accepts TIFF, EPS, PSD, PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, FLM, PCX, and PICT files from Photoshop.
Moving images into Illustrator
Photoshop lets you drag and drop images directly into Illustrator. You can also choose File➪Open in Illustrator to bring in a Photoshop file. Choosing this command creates a new Illustrator file with the same name as the Photoshop file and also automatically embeds the file. If you’re importing ImageReady files, any image maps, slices, rollovers, and animations are preserved when you import the files into Illustrator. But the best way to move images into Illustrator is to follow these steps:
1. Save the Photoshop file you want to move into Illustrator.
2. In Illustrator, choose File➪Place to import the file. Be sure to deselect the Link option in the Place dialog box.
If you select the Link option, Illustrator brings your Photoshop file in as a link. This means that it will refer to the external Photoshop file where it resides on the hard drive or media and not embed the image data within the Illustrator file.
3. Select an option for how you want to deal with Photoshop’s layers (if you have any).
You can choose to convert Photoshop layers to objects, which will maintain all the Photoshop layers, along with their associated transparency. Or you can flatten Photoshop layers to a single image, which merges all the layers but leaves any remaining open areas transparent after the merge. Any type layers or layer styles are rasterized into pixels and become uneditable. Any layer masks are converted into Illustrator’s opacity masks (similar to layer masks). Your Photoshop image is now embedded in the Illustrator file.
Copying and pasting
You can use the clipboard to copy and paste between Photoshop and Illustrator. In Photoshop, select your desired image and choose Edit-->Copy. Then in Illustrator, choose Edit-->Paste. To go the other way, select and copy your artwork in Illustrator. Then choose Edit-->Paste in Photoshop. The pasted artwork appears inside a bounding box in your Photoshop image window. If the artwork is larger than the window, Photoshop resizes the artwork to fit, keeping the same aspect ratio. You can move the artwork by dragging inside the box or transform the artwork by dragging the handles of the box. You can also apply anti-aliasing by choosing this option in the Options bar. To commit the artwork, click the Commit icon (the check icon) in the Options bar or press Enter (Return on the Mac).
I don’t recommend the clipboard method for large or high-resolution selections. Storing a big file on your clipboard can eat up precious RAM and slow your computer’s performance. In addition, if you are copying and pasting between Photoshop and some non-Adobe programs, your image can potentially suffer degradation. You’re better off saving the images in Photoshop in a compatible file format and importing the image into the destination application.
Exporting Photoshop paths
You can also export Photoshop paths as Illustrator files. For example, you may have an image with a clipping path that you want to import into Illustrator in order to combine it with vector graphics and type. Choose File-->Export➪Paths to Illustrator. Choose a location for the path, give it a name, and click Save. Open the path in Illustrator as a new file. The path is fully editable in Illustrator.
Placing an Illustrator file into Photoshop
You can place an Adobe Illustrator file into Photoshop, along with a PDF or EPS file, by using the File-->Place command. When you place a file, Photoshop rasterizes it at the resolution of the file into which you are placing it. You can’t edit text or vector paths. As with copying and pasting, described earlier, the placed artwork appears inside a bounding box in your Photoshop image window. In addition, all the same options in manipulating and committing the artwork apply here as well.
Illustrator, Adobe’s vector graphics drawing program, is probably the friendliest program to work with Photoshop. Maybe it’s natural that a drawing program and an image-editing/painting program go hand in hand. Or it may be because the two applications share a lot of common elements — paths, filters, layers, colors, and so on. Whatever the reason, feel free to move files between Photoshop and Illustrator. Layers, masks, transparency, and shapes are all preserved.
Why would you want to bring your images into Illustrator when Photoshop now has vector capabilities? Well, even though Photoshop can now create vector shapes and type, it’s still an image editor at heart and doesn’t quite have the same drawing capabilities of Illustrator. Illustrator is superior when it comes to creating complex, compound paths and handling large chunks of text here and there. For example, say you want to create a large poster that includes photographs and vector graphics and type. The best course of action is to prepare your photos in Photoshop and save them as EPS or TIFF files. Then you open a new file in Illustrator by using your poster’s dimensions. Place your photos in the Illustrator file, add your vector graphics and type, and save your file as a native Illustrator or Illustrator EPS file. Illustrator accepts TIFF, EPS, PSD, PDF, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, FLM, PCX, and PICT files from Photoshop.
Moving images into Illustrator
Photoshop lets you drag and drop images directly into Illustrator. You can also choose File➪Open in Illustrator to bring in a Photoshop file. Choosing this command creates a new Illustrator file with the same name as the Photoshop file and also automatically embeds the file. If you’re importing ImageReady files, any image maps, slices, rollovers, and animations are preserved when you import the files into Illustrator. But the best way to move images into Illustrator is to follow these steps:
1. Save the Photoshop file you want to move into Illustrator.
2. In Illustrator, choose File➪Place to import the file. Be sure to deselect the Link option in the Place dialog box.
If you select the Link option, Illustrator brings your Photoshop file in as a link. This means that it will refer to the external Photoshop file where it resides on the hard drive or media and not embed the image data within the Illustrator file.
3. Select an option for how you want to deal with Photoshop’s layers (if you have any).
You can choose to convert Photoshop layers to objects, which will maintain all the Photoshop layers, along with their associated transparency. Or you can flatten Photoshop layers to a single image, which merges all the layers but leaves any remaining open areas transparent after the merge. Any type layers or layer styles are rasterized into pixels and become uneditable. Any layer masks are converted into Illustrator’s opacity masks (similar to layer masks). Your Photoshop image is now embedded in the Illustrator file.
Copying and pasting
You can use the clipboard to copy and paste between Photoshop and Illustrator. In Photoshop, select your desired image and choose Edit-->Copy. Then in Illustrator, choose Edit-->Paste. To go the other way, select and copy your artwork in Illustrator. Then choose Edit-->Paste in Photoshop. The pasted artwork appears inside a bounding box in your Photoshop image window. If the artwork is larger than the window, Photoshop resizes the artwork to fit, keeping the same aspect ratio. You can move the artwork by dragging inside the box or transform the artwork by dragging the handles of the box. You can also apply anti-aliasing by choosing this option in the Options bar. To commit the artwork, click the Commit icon (the check icon) in the Options bar or press Enter (Return on the Mac).
I don’t recommend the clipboard method for large or high-resolution selections. Storing a big file on your clipboard can eat up precious RAM and slow your computer’s performance. In addition, if you are copying and pasting between Photoshop and some non-Adobe programs, your image can potentially suffer degradation. You’re better off saving the images in Photoshop in a compatible file format and importing the image into the destination application.
Exporting Photoshop paths
You can also export Photoshop paths as Illustrator files. For example, you may have an image with a clipping path that you want to import into Illustrator in order to combine it with vector graphics and type. Choose File-->Export➪Paths to Illustrator. Choose a location for the path, give it a name, and click Save. Open the path in Illustrator as a new file. The path is fully editable in Illustrator.
Placing an Illustrator file into Photoshop
You can place an Adobe Illustrator file into Photoshop, along with a PDF or EPS file, by using the File-->Place command. When you place a file, Photoshop rasterizes it at the resolution of the file into which you are placing it. You can’t edit text or vector paths. As with copying and pasting, described earlier, the placed artwork appears inside a bounding box in your Photoshop image window. In addition, all the same options in manipulating and committing the artwork apply here as well.
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