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Eugeny Gravis
Eugeny Gravis
Participant
March 24, 2026
Question

Copy SVG Layers in Photoshop does not work

  • March 24, 2026
  • 1 reply
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I’ve encountered an issue with Photoshop version 27.4.0. At work, I frequently used the "Copy SVG" feature to copy various images into Figma—it was very convenient. After reinstalling Windows, this feature stopped working, even though it still works flawlessly on my work Mac.

When I try to copy an image as SVG, I get this output instead of the actual graphic:  

<svg 
 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
 xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
 width="1890px" height="1417px">
<image  x="0px" y="0px" width="1890px" height="1417px"  xlink:href="data:img/png;base64," />
</svg>

 

1 reply

J E L
Community Expert
J E LCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 24, 2026

Hi ​@Eugeny Gravis, this sounds like a strange Windows bug. I’m using Windows 11, but I don’t have Figma, so maybe others here who do can test it on their end. And if it’s a new bug introduced with 27.4, Adobe will flag and categorize it here in the Community. I am wondering if you can still export the same file as an SVG via File > Export As and import it into Figma. If that works, then it’s specifically the “Copy SVG” clipboard function that’s broken in Windows.

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