Using the drag-and-drop feature to copy artwork
The drag-and-drop feature lets you copy and move artwork between Illustrator and other applications. In Windows, the other application must be OLE-compliant. To copy an OLE object that contains .psd data, use the OLE Clipboard. (See your Windows documentation.) Dragging vector artwork from Adobe Illustrator or from other applications that use the Illustrator Clipboard converts the artwork to a bitmap image (also called raster format). In Mac OS, the application must support Macintosh Drag Manager.
To drag and drop selections of artwork between Illustrator and the desktop (Mac OS only): - Select the artwork you want to copy.
- Drag the selection onto the desktop. Selections are copied to the desktop as a picture clipping, which can be dragged and dropped into the desired document. Picture clippings are converted to PICT format when dragged to the desktop.
To drag and drop artwork into a Photoshop image window: - Select the artwork you want to copy.
- Open the Photoshop image into which you want to copy the selection.
- Drag the selection toward the Photoshop window, and when a black outline appears, release the mouse button. To position the selection in the center of the Photoshop image, hold down Shift before dragging the selection.
To drag and drop artwork into Photoshop as paths: - Select the artwork you want to copy.
- Open the Photoshop image into which you want to copy the selection.
- Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS), and drag the selection to the Photoshop document. When you release the mouse button, the selection becomes a Photoshop path. By default, selected objects are copied as bitmap images to the active layer.
To drag and drop artwork into Illustrator from Photoshop: - Open the Photoshop image from which you want to copy.
- Select the artwork you want to copy.
- Select the move tool
and drag the selection from Photoshop into the Illustrator file.
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