Create your type in Illustrator first so you can use Illustrator’s kerning and editing tools. Drag & drop a type object and Photoshop will rasterize the type. Open a saved Illustrator file and Photoshop will rasterize the type. If you rasterize the type in Photoshop, all the kerning will be lost. | Getting Illustrator Artwork Into Photoshop Uv h . Adobe Illustratol 10 by Luanne Seymour Cohen Method Advantages Disadvantages Considerations Comments Open You pick the resolution. You can turn on off proportional constraints. Rasterizes only vector objects so background will be transparent. You can turn on off anti-alias. File dimensions can be different than the placed artworks bounding box. Use SAVE AS or you will overwrite the Illustrator file when saving. It will rasterize the whole file including hidden layers. This will give you a rasterized image only - no paths. You must save the Illustrator file before opening it in Photoshop. If you want the bounding box of the overall image to be larger or smaller then the actual image Make Cropmarks in the Illustrator file. Place You can position rotate and scale an image before it is rasterized. To rasterize an image you must press return or enter. To delete an image press the esc key. File dimensions can be different than the placed artworks bounding box. Creates a new layer. It will rasterize the whole file including hidden layers. This will give you a rasterized image only - no paths. Resolution will match the file it is being placed into. You must save the Illustrator file before placing. Holding down the shift key constrains proportions when resizing the image in Photoshop. Copy Paste Allows you to rasterize OR paste paths. No need to save the Illustrator file first. You can paste pieces and parts of larger files. Creates a new layer. You cannot scale it in Photoshop before it is rasterized. Uses clipboard memory but usually not much . Scaling should be done in Illustrator before you copy. Ideally you will want to have enough RAM to have both programs running at the same time. If not you can copy something from Illustrator quit the program start up Photoshop and then paste. Drag Drop Allows you to rasterize OR drag paths. No need to save the Illustrator file first. You can drag pieces and parts of larger files. .
