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Vasiliki5E46
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March 22, 2021
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edit smart object (created in photoshop after the placement of a vector-based pdf) in illustrator

  • March 22, 2021
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Hi , I am strungling finding a solution about editing smart objects (created in photoshop, after the placement of vector based pdfs) directly in illustrator.

 

I used to work before with windows and older versions of photoshop and I was doing the following steps for years :

 

1-> creation of  a new document in photoshop

2-> go to file-> place ( choose a pdf ,created from a vector programm, like autocad or vectorworks, etc...)

-> press OK  -> enter. The file is added as a new layer and automaticaly converted  to  a 'smart object'

3-> double click on the smart object icon of this layer->  the illustrator is launching in a new window and the smart object opens automaticaly in illustrator as a 'vector smart object'

4-> edit the object in illustrator as usual

5->  close illustrator tab after editing -> appears a window 'save changes before closing' -> press YES -> edited vector smart object is updated automatically in Photoshop. 

 

Currently I am using Adobe 2021 and macintosh: 

From step 3 there are issues. When I double click on the smart object icon, the program that is launching is acrobat. When I try to convert the layer to smart object (by right click on layer-> convert to smart object),this object opens as a new tab in photoshop. (Option which I also use but only if I want to edit  raster images).

 

I haven't found yet any answer in the adobe community that solves my issue.

 

Thank you in advance for your valuable help 

 

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jane-e
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jane-eCommunity Expert
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March 22, 2021

Hi @Vasiliki5E46 

It sounds like your computer is seeing the PDF extension and has associated it with Acrobat. You can change the association in two places:

  • Finder > Cmd+I (Get Info)
  • Bridge > Preferences > File Type Associations (try this first)

 

Is there a reason it needs to be in Photoshop at all? Can you bypass PS and just open and save it in AI?

 

~ Jane

 

 

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Vasiliki5E46Author
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March 23, 2021

Hi

I want my pdfs to be associated with the acrobat in my computer. I don’t want to change that.

What I also want is to associate my smart objects (created from vector pdfs )in photoshop with illustrator. It is a function that I have been using a lot before .

avec mes meilleures salutations

vasiliki stavrotheodorou

 

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PNR271370944xky
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November 16, 2022

Hi Vasiliki,

 

Did you ever find a solution to this problem? We have been using CS5 for a looooooong time and finally got our hands on CS 23, but some of the best funtions of CS5 seems gone... Frustrating.

 

Kind regards,


Peter

Chuck Uebele
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Chuck UebeleCommunity Expert
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March 22, 2021

Before you place them in PS, can you open them in IA, then save as an IA file, rather than a pdf?

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Vasiliki5E46Author
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March 23, 2021

If I change the extentions of all my exported pdfs that I want to place in photoshop (from pdf to ai) then yes indeed it works. But this is not a solution, we are talking about lots of pdfs which I have to convert manually .

 

Note: The pdfs I want in general to be associated with acrobat, so I dont want to change that association  

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