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                    Paste Adobe Illustrator art into Photoshop
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                <div><div class="section"><p>You can copy art from Adobe Illustrator and
paste it into a Photoshop document.</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>In Adobe Illustrator, specify preferences for
the copy-and-paste behavior:</span><ul><li><p>To automatically rasterize the art when
pasting it into a Photoshop document, turn off the PDF and the AICB
(No Transparency Support) options in the File Handling &amp; Clipboard
preferences.</p>
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<li><p>To paste the art as a Smart Object, rasterized image,
path, or shape layer, turn on the PDF and the AICB (No Transparency
Support) options in the File Handling &amp; Clipboard preferences.</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Open a file in Adobe Illustrator, select the art you
want to copy, and choose Edit&#160;&gt; Copy.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In Photoshop, open the document that you want to paste
the Adobe Illustrator art into and then choose Edit&#160;&gt;
Paste.</span> <div class="para"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If the PDF and the AICB (No Transparency Support)
options are turned off in the File Handling &amp; Clipboard preferences
of Adobe Illustrator, the art is automatically rasterized as it’s
pasted into the Photoshop document. You can skip the rest of the steps
in this procedure.</div>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Paste dialog box, select how you want to paste
the Adobe Illustrator art and then click&#160;OK:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Smart Object</dt>
<dd>Pastes the art as a Vector Smart Object that can be scaled,
transformed, or moved without degrading the image. As the art is
placed, its file data is embedded in the Photoshop document on a
separate layer. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Pixels</dt>
<dd>Pastes the art as pixels that can be scaled, transformed,
or moved before it is rasterized and placed on its own layer in
the Photoshop document.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Path</dt>
<dd>Pastes the art as a path that can be edited with the
pen tools, Path Selection tool, or Direct Selection tool. The path
is pasted into the layer that’s selected in the Layers panel.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Shape Layer</dt>
<dd>Pastes the art as a new shape layer (a layer containing
a path filled with the foreground color).</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>If you selected Smart Object or Pixels in the Paste dialog
box, make any transformations you wish, and then click Enter or
Return to place the art.</span></li>
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