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September 28, 2026
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Illustrator–Photoshop compatibility issue

I’m having an issue when using Photoshop and Illustrator together. While creating mockups, the screen shown in the video keeps appearing. The same file opens without any problems on another computer. On the computer where the issue occurs, it may sometimes work normally as well. I can’t determine the cause because it happens frequently for a while, then may not occur again for some time.
Because of this issue, I have to rebuild every element each time. Instead of creating it once and easily reusing it multiple times, I have to work on it every time as if I were making a new mockup from scratch.
In the video, I showed both two problematic elements and one element that works correctly, which I was able to edit in Illustrator. I changed the last element to yellow. If the other elements worked the same way, this would be a simple task completed quickly. Instead, it took much longer because I had to create a new mockup for every element that did not work.

 

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    Ton Frederiks
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    Community Expert
    October 5, 2026

    ​@hopeful_judgeddf9 I suppose you get the import options when you open a Smart Object in Illustrator?

    The example file you.ve posted does not contain Smart Objects with images, if I double click those, I do not get the import options, because there are no images.

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    Participating Frequently
    October 8, 2026

    Yes, you understood correctly.

    I’m not sure what you mean when you say there are no images inside them.

    I’ve been doing this type of work for two years, always using the same method. When creating the mockups piece by piece, I usually have no issues. However, this import dialog sometimes appears when I open certain parts.

    Also, a PSD that didn’t work properly on my computer worked without any issues on another computer. I still don’t fully understand what is causing the problem.

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    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    September 28, 2026

    ​@hopeful_judgeddf9 You will get this dialog when you place an image with Show Options. In the options you have Link unchecked and Show Import Options checked.

    So it happens with embedded Photoshop images and does not show when they are linked.

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    Participating Frequently
    September 29, 2026

    Thank you for your response, but unfortunately my issue has not been resolved.

     

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    Anubhav M
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    September 29, 2026

    Hello ​@hopeful_judgeddf9 

     

    I’m sorry to hear the problem persists. Could you please confirm the exact versions of Illustrator / Photoshop currently installed and share a sample file so we can look into this further on our end?

     

    Looking forward to hearing from you.
    Anubhav

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