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E. Sauer
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February 9, 2023
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Slopes of anchor points corrupted after PDF import

  • February 9, 2023
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When I open a PDF in Adobe Illustrator that I previously created in Adobe Photoshop, the slopes of the anchor points of a shape are corrupted. The interpolation between the anchor points doesn't seem to work properly at some point. As a result, the shape looks deformed and egded, as if drawn with a shaky hand.

 

 

I don't know if it's due to the export from Photoshop or the import in Illustrator. The PDF is displayed correctly in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

 

Does anyone know this problem? It seems to me like a bug - or maybe it's something in my settings? I've tried a lot to fix it, for example looking for settings for the interpolation method or path smoothing, but haven't found a solution.

 

Adobe Illustrator (version 27.2)
Adobe Photoshop (version 24.1.1)

Adobe Acrobat Pro (version 22.0)

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Correct answer Monika Gause

Can you save it as a PSD file and open that in Illustrator? If those a re shape layers, it should work.

Or try copy and paste.

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
February 9, 2023

Can you save it as a PSD file and open that in Illustrator? If those a re shape layers, it should work.

Or try copy and paste.

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    E. SauerAuthor
    Participant
    February 9, 2023

    Yes, when I open the PSD file in Illustrator, the paths are correct. I'm using this workflow now, and in hindsight I think it's a lot more practical.

     

    However, I would still be interested to know where the problem comes from and whether I could prevent it. Because until today I have always chosen the way via a PDF file and have never had any problems.

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 9, 2023

    PDF is not a native file format for Illustrator and PDF generally was never meant to be edited. So all kind of things might happen when you open it anyway.

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