Comments on: Illustrator Tip #14: Pasting Smart Objects in Photoshop

By: lori

lori — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:57:23 +0000

so i have a new issue. i’ve copied type and placed graphics from indesign into photoshop. it comes in as a smart object. when i double-click, it opens in illustrator and is editable. once finished editing and saving, it updates in photoshop but has color bars & crop marks that i can’t remove. any tips??? thanks!

By: Dr. Halle

Dr. Halle — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 23:14:22 +0000

HELP!!
I’m in the midst of a Logo Project and am stuck with an AI issue. I need to transfer some objects (vectorized word-copy) from one AI document to another document. I find I can do it with Copy/Paste (and have adjusted my Clipboard Preferences to AICB), but every time, it come out in a form which has no stroke and fill. This is friggin nerve-wracking!! Tried dragging and “Place” too: Same result. THANKS. And, no, not due to effects, as I tried removing these (drop-shadow, etc.) and this makes no difference.

By: js

js — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:37:10 +0000

@bundle you double click the smart object icon & the smart object opens in illustrator you can copy & paste it to another illustrator document from there. It would be fully editable in illustrator. It remains a vector object. I’m not sure why else you would want to do be able to do what your asking.

By: Sonali

Sonali — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:57:22 +0000

Hey Tony, I just realized that the images seems to be misplaced, this image in the above tutorial: http://www.vectordiary.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/img2.jpg should be after the sentence: “In the corresponding dialogue box, select Smart Object radio button and hit OK.”

Also, in this lines: “Your text should be pasted as a Smart Object in Photoshop, hit Enter on the num pad or checkmark on the Option Bar to commit it.” -Instead of text it should be Shape.

By: Sonali

Sonali — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:45:16 +0000

@ bundle- Good question. You can paste the smart object in Illustrator but, i think it will not be editable. But, if you have a shape as path you can directly copy and paste it in Illustrator as fully editable Compound Shape or Compound Path.

By: bundle

bundle — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:51:19 +0000

I’m wondering…if I make a smart object in Photoshop first, can I then bring it into Illustrator? Basically the opposite direction from your example. I haven’t tried it yet.

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