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Inspiring
Nov 6, 2026 9:13 AM UTC
Question

Objects from Illustrator won't copy to Photoshop.

I’m having trouble moving objects from Illustrator to Photoshop using Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V. I didn’t have any issues with this before, and it concerns simple vector objects (with no effects applied).
It happens randomly—sometimes it works on a subsequent attempt... eventually.

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    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Nov 6, 2026 9:17 AM UTC

    Does this affect the Illustrator Beta? And the Photoshop Beta? On which system?

    Does it only affect the shortcuts, or copy/paste in general?

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    Inspiring
    Nov 6, 2026 8:35 PM UTC

    PS 26.10.0
    Illust. 30.7
    Win 11
    This only occurs when copying from Illustrator to Photoshop using keyboard shortcuts.
    Copying the objects into a new Illustrator document first, and then moving them to Photoshop from there, seems to help.
    The problem is that it happens unpredictably and follows no consistent pattern.

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    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Nov 6, 2026 8:55 PM UTC

    There are a lot of apps and settings that interfere with shortcuts and there are things that interfere with the clipboard.

    These interfere with the clipboard:

     

    • Parallels Toolbox running with the Clipboard History
    • LogoTech Keyboard management software
    • TeamVewer Clipboard > Use Shared Clipboard
    • Apple iOS device simulator from Xcode
    • Windows Multi-clipboard
    • Windows Clipboard History
    • Clippy
    • Chrome Remote Desktop
    • Mouse Pointer Highlighter
    • AnyViewer
    • Pastebot app
    • Overzealous antivirus (Digital Guardian) as well as viruses that empty the clipboard
    • Vector Magic
    • Keyboard Maestro with Clipbboard History
    • Clipboard apps named »Paste« and »Ditto«
    • Windows 11 Multi-Clipboard
    • Deepl translator app
    • AMD Software Host Application 
    • An app called »Get Plain Text«

     

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