Files open completely zoomed in.

[j.capp]

I have to edit a bunch of Vector objects from within multiple PSD files. When I double click them to open in Illustrator lately, they have all been opening way zoomed in but lost on a giant workspace. I don't know if this is because I hit a key at some point or if it is the result of how the files were originally edited. I included 3 screenshots. The first one is what the file looks like after I double click it in Photoshop and it opens in illustrator, the second one is me zooming out trying to find the element on the giant workspace and the third is me finally zooming in. I don't know why this started happening but it is costing me a ton of time. I already tried deleting preferences and a few other tips that didn't work. I know I can hit Ctrl+0 to zero in on the element but that is irritating as I didn't have to do that a day ago and I have many files to edit. Thanks.

Edit: From what I am reading I can't change the canvas- which contains the artboard(s). So, why is Illustrator opening a file in the vast sea of canvas for such a tiny element in a relatively tiny artboard?

[Egor Chistyakov]

That’s strange...

Was it you who craeted these smart object in the first place?

Can you try to reproduce this behavior from the scratch, creating a new smart object in Ps, using the same exact artwork, positioned in the very same place of the exact artboard? Will it differ if you make the artboard hug the art tightly? Perhaps the zero on rulers somehow involved?

Anyway, this needs some experiments to figure it out... Since you are the one who’s having the files, please try to investigate this further. I understand it'd' take time, but at the moment I can’t help you with nothing but advice. Hope you’ll dig something... Also, please try to test it in previous versions. A chance something got broken in the latest ones is never zero.

[j.capp]

Hello, thanks for replying. These are client files so they arrive as is- The artboard conforms to the size of the "Page" each element is "extracted" from- so any sort of editing in terms of resizing the artboard probably wouldn't be beneficial as it creates more work. I think I read a near similar issue where users ended up wanting to request something like a "size to fit" for Illustrator and this request has been up for a long time. Saying that, this only became an issue a day or 2 ago so I don't know whats going on. I'm a bit busy at the moment but I'll try to run additional experiments when possible.

[j.capp]

After my last post reply, Illustrator was working normally. Then, after going about Smart Object edits it started doing it again.