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DijahP
DijahP
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March 13, 2014
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Vectors come out blurry when copying from Illustrator and pasting into Photoshop.

  • March 13, 2014
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Hey everyone,

I always draw in Illustrator, then paste my drawings into Photoshop with no problem. Today, when I paste my drawings into Photoshop from Illustrator, they are very blurry and weird looking. Here are some pictures of what I am talking about.

Here is a project I worked on a couple of weeks ago. Illustrator is on the right, Photoshop is on the left. I copied my little green guy into Photoshop with no problem.

Here is what I get when I try to copy and paste him as a vector smart object now

    7 Antworten

    Happy27620059oly6
    Happy27620059oly6
    Participant
    March 16, 2023

    PLEASE READ <<

    the issue is DPI (PPI) problem, the document in ai has higher dpi than the document in photoshop, i had the problem when the document in photoshop had 72dpi, i made a new one which has 762, and copied the ai file which was .eps and boom, problem fixed.

    jane-e
    Community Expert
    jane-eCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 16, 2023

    the document in ai has higher dpi than the document in photoshop,

    By @Happy27620059oly6

     

     

    Illustrator files do not have PPI (pixels per inch) as they are resolution independent.

     

    Jane

     

    Mohit Goyal
    Community Manager
    Mohit GoyalCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    November 23, 2021

    Hi all,

     

    Take a look at the following article to move designs between Photoshop and Illustrator for different workflow that suits your design objectives: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/move-designs-between-photoshop-illustrator.html

     

    Also, if you are looking to work with Illustrator design in Photoshop? See this: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/use-illustrator-artwork-in-photoshop.html

     

    Hope it helps.

     

    Thanks,

    Mohit

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    armandok55653265
    Participant
    August 14, 2021

    2021/15/08 - got the same problem , here what was my problem and how did i FIX it 

    - When you Drag and drop into Photoshop up there is Anti Alias option , needs to be selected, hope this also helps. 


     

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      DaltonButler10
      Participant
      September 2, 2015

      I've cracked this! Once I'd placed the object, I transformed it - 'Control T', and clicked the box 'ant-alias'. This seems to be a universal setting. So every time now when I paste a new object the edges are nice and smooth.

        C
        Cene Media Ltd
        Participant
        October 14, 2015

        This is the answer i've been looking for! Nice one!

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          mwallace23
          Participant
          September 1, 2020

          I'm having thie same problem but it's only on select files I work with. This resolution didn't work for me. Any other suggestions? 

           

            mommaskiles
            mommaskiles
            Participant
            August 21, 2014

            I realize this is an old post but I was having the same problem. Here was the solution I found:

            "Immediately after you hit ‘paste’ in Photoshop > choose ‘smart object’ > then press enter – a little ‘Anti-alias’ check box appears next to the ‘Set rotation’ input area. Make sure that tiny little box is ticked and your vectors will be safe."


            For a picture, see this link: http://www.exactlylikenothingelse.com/2012/05/05/vector-art-pasted-into-photoshop-appears-pixelated-heres-the-fix/

              Silkrooster
              Silkrooster
              Legend
              March 13, 2014

              When pasting from illustrator to photoshop, make sure the pixel dimentions in photoshop are high enough. There is a known bug in photoshop that sets the resolution too low.

              You are better off creating a new document first, then paste.

                Trevor.Dennis
                Community Expert
                Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                March 13, 2014

                That's strange.  We had a similar question very recently, but I can't find it now.  Anyone remember the wording well enough to search?

                Trevor.Dennis
                Community Expert
                Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                March 13, 2014

                I found it, but I doubt it is helpful, unless your problem is video card driver related, which does not seem likely from your description.

                http://forums.adobe.com/message/6197594#6197594

                Trevor.Dennis
                Community Expert
                Trevor.DennisCommunity Expert
                Community Expert
                March 13, 2014

                Right, I have now looked at your screen shots.  The last one that shows the pixelated green octopus is 16 x 17.5 pixels, and zoomed way in to fill the entire screen, so what you are looking at is the 'Pixel Grid'.  If you go View > Show > and uncheck Pixel Grid it should dissapear.  Or you can resize the image to a much larger size, which - if the graphic is vector - will also make the grid dissapear.

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