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onep1xel
onep1xel
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September 22, 2020
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Copying/Pasting from Adobe Illustrator 2020 to Photoshop not working in macOS Catalina

  • September 22, 2020
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A simple copy & paste from illustrator to photoshop not working.

It shows an empty bounding box.

Scenario: all software – up-to-date, mac OS – 10.15.6, user – not happy.

 

RESOLVED (kind of) - artwork pasted from another AI file okay - cou;d be corrupt AI file.

 

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kimr12864792
Participant
December 23, 2021

I'm having the same issue and can't figure out a fix. Anyone have anything that actually fixes this issue? All software (Photoshop 23.1, Illustrator 26.0.2) is up to date, preferences reset.... help! This is driving me nuts and I can't get my work done. 

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Savnac
Known Participant
January 10, 2023

I'm in the same boat. Empty bounding boxes when pasting to Photoshop. All software up to date.

    daring_ninja98A2
    daring_ninja98A2
    Participant
    February 7, 2024

    This just started happening to me too. Seems like it's been a recurring issue over many versions for the past few years. Think they would have done something about it by now.
    I found that I can paste it into InDesign and then copy and paste it from InDesign into Photoshop. Kinda dumb, but at least this works.

      onep1xel
      onep1xelAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      November 11, 2020

      This is now a recurring issue.

      Again, pasting from Ilustrator shows bounding with no contents.

       

       

       

      onep1xel
      onep1xelAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      November 11, 2020

      This is happening again.

       

      And, honestly I shouldn't have to reest prefs to fix this. 

      S
      Savnac
      Known Participant
      January 10, 2023

      I am having the same problem.

      Ashutosh_Mishra
      Ashutosh_Mishra
      Inspiring
      September 22, 2020

      Hi there,

       

      Thanks for updating us with the solution. It could be a file specific issue. If you have this happening with multiple files, try resetting the Adobe Illustrator preferences. Hope this helps.

       

      **Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and Illustrator will launch with default settings. You can also take a backup of the folders in case you want to. Location is mentioned in the article.

       

      Regards,

      Ashutosh

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