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Within Adobe Illustrator - Edit Original Image Command

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March 22, 2017
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"Edit original artwork

The Edit Original command lets you open most graphics in the application in which you created them so that you can modify them as necessary. Once you save the original file, the document in which you linked it is updated with the new version."

How do you change the program that the file opens in - I am constantly having jpg files that open in Paint instead of Photoshop.

Does anyone know how to change this? I didn't create the original file, but honestly how many people use Paint to create a photographic image?

Any help would be appreciated.

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Correct answer Neeraj Nandkeolyar

In the latest update 25.4.1, 'Edit Orignal' has been updated.

If the selection is a linked image (in any raster format), and you have Photoshop installed on your computer, 'Edit Original' will show as 'Edit in Photoshop'.

There is no change to file-type association with OS designated applications.

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Neeraj NandkeolyarCorrect answer

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In the latest update 25.4.1, 'Edit Orignal' has been updated.

If the selection is a linked image (in any raster format), and you have Photoshop installed on your computer, 'Edit Original' will show as 'Edit in Photoshop'.

There is no change to file-type association with OS designated applications.

PhoenixAmour

Participating Frequently

Thank you for putting this in the update, I'm loving the ability to open directly in photoshop!!

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Sorontar

Inspiring

This is not a good solution. If I change it to Photoshop then it I cannot browse images at all with photo viewer, but everthing is opened in Photoshopped. This is bad design and this button should not be controlled by windows but by Illustrator.
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Sorontar

Inspiring

My default JPG program in Windows is not Paint, but Photos, but still it opens with Paint from Illustrator edit original.

I just want to change the Paint part, but not Photos part.

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biskis

Inspiring

Sorontar

exactly! the same problem for me...

Monika Gause

Community Expert

biskis schrieb
Sorontar
exactly! the same problem for me...

There's an issue with your system, if it doesn't open with the default application.

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bdleeuw

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This is crazy! so I have to change the way macOS opens the image? This means that every jpg I open mac will open Photoshop.... Like in Lightroom you can choose what program to use. Why don't the developers at Adobe work together as a team instead of just their own program/project???

Monika Gause

Community Expert

bdleeuw schrieb
Why don't the developers at Adobe work together as a team instead of just their own program/project???

They do. But in some cases it's just not possible. They can't "share" code. Lightroom: not even 10 years old. Illustrator: more than 30 years old. Different sets of code.

Coerco

Participant

Embed the image and then press unembed.

(after you unembed, this will pop out) -ArchieT

janas49706800

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This is an even more elegant solution than the above, thank you. The reason being: your solution is platform agnostic (I am using Windows and Mac currently and this works on both). Another reason is that I can keep my default apps the same and still have photographs in Illustrator editable in Photoshop very quickly.

Mike_Gondek10189183

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This is not controlled by Illustrator, but your OS.

Since you mentioned paint you must be in windows. Right click on any .jpg file, and change the open with to Photoshop, then also click the setting to do this for all files.

This is mac, and the terminology will be different, but is very similar.