About imported artwork
Placing artwork from other applications, such as Adobe Photoshop, into Adobe Illustrator is easily performed using various Adobe Illustrator commands. Illustrator can import many common graphic file formats, including EPS, CorelDRAW, FreeHand, GIF, JPEG, PICT, TIFF, SVG, DXF, Adobe PDF, and PostScript Level 1. In addition to these common graphic file formats, Illustrator can use artwork in any file format supported by an Adobe Photoshop-compatible file format plug-in filter, including Kodak Photo CD, PNG, and TGA. File Format | Import Methods | Considerations |
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AI | Open | Opens all Illustrator format files. | EPS | Open, Place | Placed files may be linked or embedded. | Adobe PDF | Open, Place | Specify which page of file you want to use. Placed files may be linked or embedded. | Photoshop | Open, Place | Supports Photoshop 2.5 and later. Placed files may be linked or embedded. Drag and drop artwork directly from Photoshop. | SVG/SVGZ | Open, Place | Illustrator does not support all types of SVG data; therefore, some data may be modified during import. For example, primitives are flattened to paths, transformations become transformed paths, and paths with multiple attributes are converted to multiple objects. | PICT | Open, Place | Placed files may be linked or embedded. | WMF/EMF | Open, Place | Placed files will be embedded. Drag and drop artwork directly from Microsoft Office. | DXF/DWG | Open, Place | Supports DXF releases 13, 14, and 2000. Placed files will be embedded. | FreeHand | Open, Place | Supports FreeHand versions 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 7.0, 8.0, and 9.0 (Japanese version supported to version 5.5). Placed files will be embedded. | CorelDRAW | Open, Place | Supports CorelDRAW versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, and 10.0 of Windows; and versions 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 of Mac OS. Placed files will be embedded. | CGM | Open, Place | Supports CGM versions 1, 2, and 3. Placed files will be embedded. | All raster formats supported by Photoshop-compatible filters | Open, Place | Supports the following formats: Amiga IFF, BMP, Filmstrip, GIF 89a, Kodak Photo CD, JPEG, PCX, Pixar, PNG, TIFF, and TGA. | Text formats | Open, Place | Supports the following formats: plain text, MS RTF, MS Word 97, 98, and 2000. Vertical Japanese text in RTF and Word files will be imported as horizontal text. Placed files will be embedded. |
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