Alert Message
Last updated on
Oct 10, 2026
Review alert messages and behavior when pasting Illustrator content as layers in Photoshop.
Refer to this table if you encounter alert messages while pasting Illustrator artwork into Photoshop using Paste As > Layers, or when you need to verify whether specific Illustrator properties are supported in Photoshop.
Alert messages and behaviors
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Scenario |
Behavior |
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Some content in this selection will be rasterized. |
Shapes and paths with unsupported properties: |
Objects are rasterized and placed as pixel layers to maintain visual fidelity. |
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Some of the pasted text layers contain missing fonts. These fonts will be substituted, and the appearance may change. |
Illustrator text objects use fonts unavailable in Photoshop. |
Text layers are pasted with the default font. A troubleshoot icon appears in the Layers panel. Double-click the text layer or select Type > Manage Missing Fonts to resolve. |
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One or more shapes will be pasted as non-live shapes. |
• Regular polygons with more than 100 sides |
Objects are pasted as non-live shape layers instead of editable live shapes. |
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Illustrator placed objects will be pasted without effects. |
Placed object has a linked file with effects applied, |
Linked files with effects are copied to Photoshop without the effect. |
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The selection contains one or more Illustrator-placed objects whose linked file does not exist. These objects won't be pasted. |
The placed object references a linked file that cannot be found. |
Linked objects with missing files are not copied to Photoshop. |
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Can't paste the Illustrator-placed object with the linked file. You can continue to paste without it. |
The linked file in the copied artwork cannot be placed due to an unsupported file format or denied access to the file path. |
Linked objects with issues are not copied to Photoshop. |
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Copied content from an Illustrator document has a different color mode. We'll convert it to match your Photoshop document, but colors might change. |
Copied content from Illustrator uses a different color mode than the destination Photoshop document. |
Color mode is converted to match the Photoshop document. Color shifts may occur based on the conversion algorithm. |
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Can only paste up to 288-point stroke width. |
Copied shape or path has a stroke width greater than 288 points. |
Shape or path is pasted with stroke width capped at 288 points. |
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Could not complete the Paste command because Photoshop doesn't support Illustrator clipboard content, which contains non-native art, legacy text, or freeform gradient objects. |
Clipboard contains non-native art, legacy text, or freeform gradient objects. |
These object types are not copied to Photoshop. |
Additional limitations
Additional behaviors occur when pasting Illustrator content.
Blend modes
Visual fidelity may not be maintained when blend modes are applied to layer groups, clipping groups, or subgroups in Illustrator. Top-level layer blend modes may not map correctly due to differences between Illustrator and Photoshop's Pass Through mode.
Knockout groups
This Illustrator feature is not supported in Photoshop. Layers with knocked-out strokes are copied as paths or rasterized.
Paintbrush Tool paths
Paths created with Illustrator's Paintbrush Tool are pasted as pixel layers rather than shape layers.
Dashed line corners
Shapes with dashed line strokes may have their dash-and-gap corners flipped when pasted.
Bulleted and numbered lists
Text objects with bullets or numbered lists are converted to outlined text and pasted as editable Shape Paths to maintain visual fidelity.
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