To Use Photoshop Artwork In Adobe Illustrator; Using Image Clipping Paths To Create Transparency - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

To use Photoshop artwork in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Illustrator can both open or place Photoshop files; you do not need to save or export your Photoshop image
to a different file format. If you place an image into an open Illustrator file, you can incorporate the image as if it were
any other element in the artwork, or you can maintain a link to the original file. Although you can't edit a linked
image within Illustrator, you can jump back to Photoshop, using the Edit Original command, to revise it. Once saved,
any changes you make are reflected in the version in Illustrator.
If the image file is open in Photoshop, save it as a Photoshop (PSD) file, and close the file.
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2 In Adobe Illustrator, do one of the following:
To open the file directly in Illustrator, choose File > Open. Locate the image in the Open File dialog box, and
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click OK.
To incorporate the image into an existing Illustrator file, choose File > Place. Locate the file in the Place dialog box,
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make sure the Link option is not selected, and click OK.
To place the image into a file but maintain a link to the original, choose File > Place. In the Place dialog box, locate
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the file, select the Link option, and click OK. Illustrator centers the image in the open illustration. A red X through
the image indicates it is linked and not editable.
3 If you opened or placed the image without linking, the Photoshop Import dialog box appears. Choose the appro­
priate option as follows, and click OK:
Convert Photoshop Layers To Objects to convert the layers to Illustrator objects. This option preserves masks,
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blending modes, transparency, and (optionally) slices and image maps. However, it does not support Photoshop
adjustment layers and layer effects.
• Flatten Photoshop Layers To A Single Image to merge all the layers into a single layer. This option preserves the
look of the image, but you can no longer edit individual layers.

Using image clipping paths to create transparency

You can use image clipping paths to define transparent areas in images you place in page-layout applications.
In addition, Mac OS users can embed Photoshop images in many word-processor files.
For assistance with image clipping paths, choose Help > Export Transparent Image. This interactive wizard helps you
prepare images with transparency for export to a page-layout application.
You may want to use only part of a Photoshop image when printing it or placing it in another application. For
example, you may want to use a foreground object and exclude the background. An image clipping path lets you
isolate the foreground object and make everything else transparent when the image is printed or placed in another
application.
Image imported into Illustrator or InDesign without image clipping path (left), and with image clipping path (right)
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