How to cut & paste from Illustrator to Photoshop

Need help finding out how to

[viv111]

Hi,

I have a very simple question in which I think would be a breeze for most of you familiar with Photoshop and Illustrator.

All I need to do is copy a picture currently in Illustrator and paste it onto a new canvas on Photoshop. I seem to be asked if I want to paste it as:
1) Pixel
2) Path
3) Shape Layer

Which one should I choose? I have tried all and even the pixel one but can't seem to be successful. I was asked to have it 'place' but nothing happened.

How else shall I approach it?

[mivox]

Have you tried saving the file as an eps with Illustrator, and then opening the eps with photoshop? (I confess, I do not use Illustrator, so this is hardly an authoritative answer... but it's worth a shot, no? ;) )

You might also check Photoshop's built-in help files, and search for the word Illustrator... as they are both Adobe products, it might address that problem.

[jatar_k]

That is the only thing I have ever used illustrator for but it has been 2 yrs so give me a break.

I remember though that it wasn't through cut and paste because photoshop doesn't do the same things. I think you had to export the image or save as but I can't remember the format.

Yes I know, I am not really any help but it may give you an idea of where to look.

[cyberfish]

It all depends on what you really want to do with the file.

If you plan to manipulate the paths, you should import it as a path.
If you paste it as pixels PS will rasterize it and you will loose the paths.

You can export the image as a TIFF file from Illustrator (File>Export) and then you can open it in Photoshop. Depending on the image, you might get some distortion, but you can play to see what gives the best results.

Hope this helps

[defanjos]

Try this, I do it all the time and it works like a charm:

Resize the photoshop window so it takes half your screen, then resize Illustrator to take the other half, now simply drag the image from illustrator into the photoshop canvas.

[mivox]

*snort*

Ooohhh... sure, go ahead and make it look easy why don't you? Hehehe. You'll make us all look bad. ;)

[viv111]

THanks guys for the help.
I was at ends trying to find out a way and I so tried this:

* save my illustrator files as jpeg
* open it in photoshop as usual. (although everything is one layer and the objects are all one)
* do my cropping from there and save it as a pdf.

Although this doesn't really answer my need for cut and past : this was the best I could do. (Funny how they had to make it so difficult to just copy and paste!)

...Thanks all you guys for proposing tips. Much apreciated.
Defanjos, I will try your tip right now.