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Posted by Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points

Moving images over to photoshop from illustrator

I am currently on the Ai project and see the benefits of vector graphics over raster graphics but i have two main questions regarding how images are actually used in web development:

1) When moving images from Ai to Photoshop even when they are created as a smart object does this affect the quality ? if so is it just best to use Ai for creating graphics and use Photoshop for image editing ?

2) When designing for retina and new displays do Ai graphics automatically become capable of being used or do you have to go through a process to make the graphics have a retina quality with tools , software etc

Just an interesting thought i had

2 Answers

Giovanni CELESTE
Giovanni CELESTE
20,961 Points

Hi Tunde,

Can't help with the second question. However, for the first: smart objectfs in Photoshop is like a pointer in coding, it is refering to a file, but it doesn't modify the file itself. The benefit is, it's not destructive. If your photoshop file is with a definition of 300dpi, the rendering of the ai smart object will render a 300dpi image, if you set it at a 72dpi, it will render a 72dpi image. Photoshop is acting as a wrapper, the original file isn't affected. And if you modify the file in AI, you save it, replace the smart object with...and your smart object will adapt to the photoshop file.

I use it a lot, and it more confortable and more productive. You can create a first file in AI, import it in Photoshop, testing different effects (cumulate with layers and effects), and when you are satisfied, you can edit the AI file to have a finalized version, replace it in Photoshop, and the effects are still effective. Done!

Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points

That's really helpful that thanks