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Saving and Exporting Images
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Exporting paths to Adobe Illustrator
The Paths to Illustrator command lets you export Photoshop paths as Adobe Illustrator
files. This makes it easier to work with combined Photoshop and Illustrator artwork or to
use Photoshop features on Illustrator artwork. For example, you may want to export a pen
tool path and stroke it to use as a trap with a Photoshop clipping path you are printing in
Illustrator. You can also use this feature to align Illustrator text or objects with Photoshop
paths.
To use the Paths to Illustrator command:
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Draw and save a path or convert an existing selection into a path.
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Choose File > Export > Paths to Illustrator.
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Choose a location for the exported path, and enter a filename.
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Click Save.
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Open the path in Adobe Illustrator as a new file. You can now manipulate the path or
use the path to align Illustrator objects.
Note that the crop marks in Adobe Illustrator reflect the dimensions of the Adobe
Photoshop image. The position of the path within the Photoshop image is maintained,
provided you don’t change the crop marks or move the path.
Object linking and embedding (OLE) (Windows only)
Photoshop is an OLE 2.0 server, which means it supports embedding or linking an image
in an OLE container application (usually a word-processor or page-layout program). For
example, you can insert Photoshop files and selections into other OLE applications such as
Adobe PageMaker and Microsoft Word using copy and paste or other methods.
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Linking lets you place a link in the OLE container file that refers to the Photoshop file on
the hard drive.
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Embedding lets you insert the Photoshop file into the OLE container file.
Once in the container application, an image can be double-clicked for editing in
Photoshop. When closed in Photoshop, the image is updated in the container application.
To link or embed a selection or image in an OLE application:
Do one of the following:
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Copy a selection in Photoshop, and insert it in your OLE container application using the
application’s Paste Special command. Refer to your word-processing or page-layout
application documentation for more instructions. Pasted selections can only be
embedded, not linked.
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Use your OLE container application’s Insert Object command to insert a new Photoshop
image or existing Photoshop file as an OLE-embedded or OLE-linked object. Refer to
your word-processing or page-layout application documentation for instructions.
To insert an unlinked screen-resolution bitmap into an OLE application:
With the move tool
, use the left-mouse button to drag a selection to the OLE container
application. When you drop the object, it appears as a 72-ppi bitmap, which cannot be
automatically updated in Photoshop.
