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Donald5FE4
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April 26, 2021
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Copying and pasting from Illustrator shrinks objects

  • April 26, 2021
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Why do objects built in Illustrator shrink to 1/10 the size when copied and pasted into either Photoshop or InDesign? I have the document and raster resolutions set to high, but if I build something at 10"x10" in Illustrator, that same object pastes into photoshop at 1" and both pastes and places into InDesign at 1".

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Correct answer AllieG Designs

Have found answer in this conversation about file dimensions and pixels and all good now … thanks 🐵
https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/from-photoshop-to-illustrator-image-becomes-smaller/td-p/11242296

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AllieG Designs
Participant
March 10, 2023

I get the same issue when I copy from Photoshop to Illustrator. The art boards and resolution are exactly same but the item being copied shrinks to 1/10th original size. This didn't happen before moving to Ventura and would love to resolve or find workaround 🐵

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 10, 2023

Check whether your file is a large Canvas file.

Mike_Gondek10189183
Community Expert
Mike_Gondek10189183Community Expert
Community Expert
April 26, 2021

In Photoshop Make sure resize images during place in unchecked.

 

Can we see a screenshot, is there empty area bounding box larger than the image?

 

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 26, 2021

You may want to report it here:

https://illustrator.uservoice.com

Ton Frederiks
Community Expert
Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 26, 2021

I guess that your artboard is a large canvas artboard, which does some tricks with scaling.

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    Donald5FE4Author
    Participant
    May 4, 2021

    This seems to be the correct answer. I didn't realize AI was creating a different size pasteboard. Do you know why that would affect the size of a vector shape being pasted into either Photoshop or Indesign? Given that all the other settings remain the same, if I open an AI file with a single artboard at 10"x10", it copies into ID and PS at the correct scale. If I open an AI file with several 10x10 artboards, it appears in both ID and PS at 1/10th the scale.

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