The Place command adds a photo, art, or any Photoshop-supported file as a Smart Object to your document. Smart Objects can be scaled, positioned, skewed, rotated, or warped without degrading the image.
(Photoshop) Choose File > Place, select the file you want to place, and click Place.
You can also drag a file from Windows or Mac OS onto an open Photoshop image.
The placed artwork appears inside a bounding box at the center of the Photoshop image. The artwork maintains its original aspect ratio; however, if the artwork is larger than the Photoshop image, it is resized to fit.
In addition to the Place command, you can also add Adobe Illustrator art as a Smart Object by copying and pasting the art from Illustrator into a Photoshop document. See Paste Adobe Illustrator art into Photoshop.
To reposition the placed art, position the pointer inside the bounding box of the placed artwork and drag, or in the options bar, enter a value for X to specify the distance between the center point of the placed artwork and the left edge of the image. Enter a value for Y to specify the distance between the center point of the placed artwork and the top edge of the image.
To scale the placed art, drag one of the corner handles of the bounding box or enter values for W and H in the options bar. When dragging, hold down the Shift key to constrain proportions.
To rotate the placed art, position the pointer outside
the bounding box (the pointer turns into a curved arrow) and drag,
or enter a value (in degrees) for the Rotation option in
the options bar. The artwork rotates around the center point of
the placed artwork. To adjust the center point, drag it to a new location,
or click a handle on the Center Point icon
in
the options bar.
To skew the placed art, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and drag a side handle of the bounding box.
To warp the placed art, choose Edit > Transform > Warp and then choose a warp from the Warp Style pop-up menu in the options bar.
If you choose Custom from the Warp Style pop-up menu, drag the control points, a segment of the bounding box or mesh, or an area within the mesh to warp the image.
Click Commit in
the options bar or press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS)
to commit the placed artwork to a new layer.
Click Cancel in
the options bar, or press Esc to cancel the placement.
When you place a PDF or Adobe Illustrator file, use the Place PDF dialog box to set options for placing the artwork.
Use the Thumbnail Size menu to adjust the thumbnail view in the preview window. The Fit Page option fits one thumbnail in the preview window. A scroll bar appears if there are multiple items.
Bounding Box
Crops to the smallest rectangular region that includes all the text and graphics of the page. This option eliminates extraneous white space.
Media Box
Crops to the original size of the page.
Crop Box
Crops to the clipping region (crop margins) of the PDF file.
Bleed Box
Crops to the region specified in the PDF file for accommodating limitations inherent in production processes such as cutting, folding, and trimming.
Trim Box
Crops to the region specified for the intended finished size of the page.
Art Box
Crops to the region specified in the PDF file for placing the PDF data into another application.
You can copy art from Adobe Illustrator and paste it into a Photoshop document.
To automatically rasterize the art when pasting it into a Photoshop document, turn off the PDF and the AICB (No Transparency Support) options in the File Handling & Clipboard preferences.
To paste the art as a Smart Object, rasterized image, path, or shape layer, turn on the PDF and the AICB (No Transparency Support) options in the File Handling & Clipboard preferences.
If the PDF and the AICB (No Transparency Support) options are turned off in the File Handling & Clipboard preferences of Adobe Illustrator, the art is automatically rasterized as it’s pasted into the Photoshop document. You can skip the rest of the steps in this procedure.
Smart Object
Pastes the art as a Vector Smart Object that can be scaled, transformed, or moved without degrading the image. As the art is placed, its file data is embedded in the Photoshop document on a separate layer.
Pixels
Pastes the art as pixels that can be scaled, transformed, or moved before it is rasterized and placed on its own layer in the Photoshop document.
Path
Pastes the art as a path that can be edited with the pen tools, Path Selection tool, or Direct Selection tool. The path is pasted into the layer that’s selected in the Layers panel.
Shape Layer
Pastes the art as a new shape layer (a layer containing a path filled with the foreground color).
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