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Error when copy & paste from AI to PSD

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
December 19, 2018
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I get this error when copying anything form AI into PSD: Could not complete the Paste command because the clipboard data is empty or invalid.

Tried coping & pasting from AI to ID & was unsuccessful.

Copy and pasted form AI to XD was successful.

Tried multiple files, new & old.

Restarted computer.

Quit all programs and reopened.

Updated all programs.

Updated MacOS.

Uninstalled all programs & reinstalled.

Reset preferences on AI.

Shut computer down completely.

Cleared Caches.

Nothing seems to work? SOS

macOS Sierra 10.12.6

AI 23.01

PSD 20.0.1

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Michaelle Betancourt

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It may not be the best solution, but after many frustrating attempts, I just saved the element as a PNG with a transparent background and then dragged the PNG into PS. It's not optimal but it worked.

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cemre26053349q6wp

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I have a group of designs. I get the objects in the group when I paste them one by one, but when I paste them as a group, I encounter the same problem. it's really incredibly stupid!

koriw60889273

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I was having the same problem, then I realized my RGB color mode was set back to 8 Bits/Channel. It needs to be on 32 Bits/Channel, it won't paste on 16 either. I must have opened an older photo at some point and it changed somehow. Once I changed this back, copy and paste from Illustrator to Photoshop was back in business!!!

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Anonymous

Tengo el mismo problema y me ha demorado mucho el trabajo, esperaba mejorar mi rendimiento con el chip M1, lamentablementepor ahora no es así y estoy ansiosa porque quede resuelto este problema con alguna actualización de Adobe, por favor.

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Anonymous

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UNO Kooperatywa

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Same here, I have the same problem when pasting a simple smart vector object into Photoshop 22.4.1 on M1

ioLavoro

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Whaa, this problem cost me a lot of negative energy every day.

Maybe the problem is in Illustrator and not Photoshop. I copied by accident somthing from AI to Powerpoint and Powerpoint crashed. Copy from Indesign to Ai gives no problem.

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shemeckk

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Illustrator is a huge mess at this moment (at least on the Apple Silicon and Big Sur). It freezes a lot, GPU issues (moving objects is not working in real-time etc.), I can't load font previews or even use text tool properly, massive memory leaks. I've never been so frustrated with Adobe before. Every update usually does much more mess than fix stuff. I miss CS6 times 😞

ioLavoro

Participant

Exactly my point Shemeckk. I've waited a few monts before the switch to the M1/Silicon update.

Almost all adobe programs aren't updated for the new M1 processor. How is this possible after such a long development period. Especially with adobe. I thought they have good contact with Apple.

I don't use all Adobe apps for the fun. I depend on it for my income etc, like many of us. Seems like that is not being realized by Adobe or Apple.

That there are problems is very annoying, but the lack of openness and communication is perhaps even more frustrating.

We remain positive, the world is negative enough at the moment.

Cheers! Jos

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shemeckk

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Same here. I can't paste anything from Illustrator to Photoshop since the last updates of PS and AI. It makes my workflow 2-3x slower than it should be. Frustrating. I'm guessing that Adobe apps compatibility is just too much to be asked for the money we pay every month?

My spec: M1 Mac Mini, Big Sur.

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Antonia5FB7

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Same problem here. Same configuration.

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Paul5CEE

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I am having exactly this issue, althoug PS is also working stupidly slowly, no idea why, because I'm using a brand new M1 Mac and everything else is fine. Would love to hear from some Adobe staff on the matter.

TheNextHacker

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Guys, i found a temporary workaround, i have M1 Macbook Pro with PS natively working on M1 and illustrator and indesign working on rosetta i thought the problem is in the integration between M1 and Rosetta but it seems that is not the case.

Anyway, The Workaround is: copy the artwork first from illustrator to indesign; then copy the artwork from indesign to photoshop.

this one worked for me, hope this help someone.

ioLavoro

Participant

Exacly the same problem here with a M1 Mac mini. Very annoying en hard to work like this.

When can we expect a fix?

kittya7873938

Participant

same problem - just trying to copy a colored box into photoshop 2021 from Illustrator 2021 - I get the usual paste message to place as a smart object or pixels. When I click that it freezes and then I get a message that Could not complete the paste command because the clipboard data is empty or invalid. Very annoyed!

Laith Ardah

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I had the same issue, it seems to be a problem with a text format. i saw the solution in the thread below.

i outlined the text and it worked fine.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/cannot-copy-and-paste-text-into-photoshop-cs6/td-p/4754375

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