Photos dragged into Illustrator change the artboard size

Question

I've always been able to drag images into Illustrator (I'm using a Mac) and they would open on the default artboard size (I have it set to 8.5 x 11). But recently, any image I drag into Illustrator makes the artboard resize itself to the size of the image, making me manually have to change the artboard each time or copy and paste the image into an entirely new file. Is there a way to fix this? New documents are sized fine - the issue is only with images dragged and dropped. Thank you!

Anshul_Saini · Answer

Hi @Holton Recorder,

Thank you for sharing your experience — I understand how this is adding extra steps to your workflow.

As Monika and Ton pointed out, this behavior does seem to differ from previous versions. Since you mentioned that placing a border around the image is a common task in your process, I’m curious — is there a particular method or template you rely on to maintain consistency when preparing these images for InDesign?

I will check with the product team and get back.

Best,

Anshul

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