Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Working with Photoshop files in Illustrator
In this lesson, you're importing vector artwork that was created in
Illustrator to use as the logo in your sign. You can also open,
place, or paste Photoshop files in Illustrator.
While you can create and edit vector graphics in Photoshop, its
primary purpose is to edit bitmap images. Likewise, you can
work with bitmaps in Illustrator, but its strength is to create and
edit vector artwork. Depending on the nature of your project, you
may want to use both applications to take advantage of features
that are available in one but not the other.
Illustrator supports most Photoshop data, including layer comps,
layers, editable text, and paths. This means that you can transfer
files between Photoshop and Illustrator without losing the ability
to edit the artwork. In cases where Illustrator must convert the
Photoshop data, it displays a warning message so you'll know
what you're losing in the process.
Importing a Smart Object
Smart Objects are layers that you can edit in Photoshop nondestructively; that is,
changes you make to the image remain editable and don't affect the actual image
pixels, which are preserved. Regardless of how often you scale, rotate, skew, or
otherwise transform a Smart Object, it retains its sharp, precise edges.
You can import vector objects from Adobe Illustrator as Smart Objects. If you edit
the original object in Illustrator, the changes will be reflected in the placed Smart
Object in your Photoshop image file.
When you place a Smart Object, you can link it or embed it. If you link it, Pho-
toshop retains a link to the original file so that you can easily update it later, and it
includes a bitmap image of the Smart Object in the Photoshop file. If you embed a
Smart Object, Photoshop includes the entire object in the Photoshop file, but does
not retain a link. However, you can convert an embedded Smart Object to a linked
Smart Object if the original file is still available.
You'll work with a Smart Object now by placing a Kailua Koffee logotype that
was created in Illustrator.
1. Select the Move tool (
) in the Tools panel.
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