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Images disappear after dragging and dropping to Illustrator

Explorer ,
Apr 02, 2025 Apr 02, 2025

I had trouble dragging and dropping from Photoshop 25 to Illustrator 25, but the last upgrade fixed this.  Now after I drag and drop the image disappears a few minutes later and isn't there after saving.

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Adobe Employee , Apr 03, 2025 Apr 03, 2025

Hello everyone,

I have escalated this problem with the product team, and they are investigating it. Kindly upvote this UserVoice and add your comments (https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/49703918-images-disappearing-after-drag-and-drop-on-mac) to track updates.

For now, try saving your image locally and then using File>Place, as Ton suggested. Then, share your observations.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd b

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Apr 03, 2025 Apr 03, 2025
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New Here ,
Apr 03, 2025 Apr 03, 2025

I have never had this issue before. I dragged in some images into AI and closed the document. When I open the document up again ALl the linked images are still showing they are linked but they are invisible. If I embedd the images they skew and/or get really small. Any idea how to fix this?

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New Here ,
Apr 03, 2025 Apr 03, 2025

When I open the file  it only shows what's on  the artboard? 

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Apr 04, 2025 Apr 04, 2025
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New Here ,
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 18, 2025

Olá!
Direto tem acontecido comigo o seguinte...
Crio um arquivo com imagens. Salvo.
Quando reabro o arquivo, as imagens estão fora do lugar.
Procurei no Google e não achei nada a respeito.

Alguém sabe como resolver isso?

Abre assim:

pedrolattari_0-1739899196788.png

Salvei assim:

pedrolattari_1-1739899229478.png

 

 


Obrigado!

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Adobe Employee ,
Feb 18, 2025 Feb 18, 2025

Hi @pedrolattari,

 

I understand how frustrating this must be, and we appreciate you bringing it up. This issue has been reported by several users, but we haven’t been able to replicate it on our end.

 

Would you mind confirming if you’re using Illustrator version 29.3? Also, does this happen with all files or only with specific image formats like JPG or PNG? If possible, could you share some sample files where this occurs?

 

Additionally, your system specs (CPU, GPU, RAM) and a screen recording of the issue would help us investigate further. We’d like to forward this to the product team for a deeper look. Looking forward to your response!

 

Best,

Anshul Saini

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New Here ,
Apr 16, 2025 Apr 16, 2025

I'm having an issue in v29.4 with transparency masks.  I have a placed image that is a transparency mask for a solid color.  When I close the document and open it again, the placed images have shifted from their original position to the center of the document. The placed image also defaults to 100% size rather than the size it was set to in the document. The centers of the placed image and the solid color were aligned when I closed my document.  I 

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I reloaded v29.0, opened my document and it is showing as expected.

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Adobe Employee ,
Apr 16, 2025 Apr 16, 2025

Hello @Sara36834250b6jm,

We have seen multiple reports for this and I have escalated this with the product team. I would request you to upvote this UserVoice and add your comments (https://adobe.ly/42xRvl7...) to track updates.

For now, try saving your image locally and then using File>Place, as Ton suggested. Then, share your observations.

Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or need assistance. We'd be happy to help.

 

Anubhav

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New Here ,
Mar 27, 2025 Mar 27, 2025

Hola, desde el 24 de marzo he tenido el problema que importo capturas de pantalla a la mesa de trabajo de Illustrator, están visibles y luego desaparecen, está el archivo de la imagen pero no se puede visualizar, se mueve un poco o se hace zoom en la mesa de trabajo y se activan nuevamente, además cuando se exporta se pierden unas de estas imágenes.

¡Agradezco mucho por la ayuda!

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Adobe Employee ,
Mar 28, 2025 Mar 28, 2025

Hello @Anita_Trejo2008,

Would you mind sharing more details, like the version of the OS/Illustrator installed and the folder location where you AI and linked files are placed/saved, so I can better assist you?

Also, if you are dragging your images into Illustrator, try using File>Place and share your observations.

Looking forward to hearing from you.
Anubhav

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New Here ,
Apr 26, 2025 Apr 26, 2025

Same problem here. When I drag .jpg's from the internet (I design t-shirts and use supplier catalog shirt images for mockups) they are converted to .tif. Sometimes they disappear upon save or save as .pdf.  Sometimes they corrupt to pixelated lines and then disappear.

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Community Expert ,
Apr 26, 2025 Apr 26, 2025
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Please vote on UserVoice since this still is not solved in the latest 29.5 update.

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