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August 14, 2020
Question

Illustrator temporarily freezes when copying and pasting to Photoshop

  • August 14, 2020
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When I copy an object for Illustrator 2020 and try to paste it into Photoshop 2020 canvas, Illustrator temporarily freezes but does not crash. I have to wait 20-30 seconds for Illustrator to unfreeze, and for the Photoshop dialogue "paste smart object" window to show up. This is extremely frustrating and slows down workflow significantly. 

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Participant
March 14, 2025

Just started getting this error. Never had it before I think an update added this bug

Community Manager
March 17, 2025

Hi @MindintoMatter! Welcome to the community! 

This thread is a bit old, so the original poster's issue might be different from yours. To make sure your issue gets the attention it deserves, could you create a new thread and share all the details? We'd love to help you out. Thanks!

Alek

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Participant
August 28, 2020

Having the same problem but it never unfreezes. I have to force quite. Very annoying.