how to import pictures into illustrator

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how to import pictures into illustrator

Hi All

Anyone know of a quick way to bring photos into Illustrator?

I do a lot of site visits and take photos of shops etc to do visuals for the new signage. At the moment after having to import pictures into iPhoto (have iPhone) I have to drag them from iPhoto onto the desktop (or a new folder on the desktop) and then import into Illustrator. This meand I now have 2 copies of the picture, surely there's a more efficient way of doing this?

thanks

Granger

imac 2.66 i5 4g-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Jul 18, 2012 5:24 AM

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Answer 1

Yer_Man

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Jul 18, 2012 5:37 AM in response to granger morton

1. You don't have to use iPhoto to get pics off your phone. Check out Image Capture (in your Applications Folder). That would remove iPhoto from the equation entirely.

2. You could set Illustrator as an external editor for iPhoto. You can set Photoshop (or any image editor) as an external editor in iPhoto. (Preferences -> General -> Edit Photo: Choose from the Drop Down Menu.) This way, when you double click a pic to edit in iPhoto it will open automatically in Photoshop or your Image Editor, and when you save it it's sent back to iPhoto automatically. This is the only way that edits made in another application will be displayed in iPhoto.

Regards

TD

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Answer 2

Old Toad

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Jul 18, 2012 11:42 AM in response to Yer_Man

Doesn't Illustrator have to save it's files to these formats

File > Save (and Save As)

Adobe Illustrator (ai)

Illustrator EPS (eps)

Illustrator Template (ait)

Adobe PDF (pdf)

Adobe FXG (fxg)

SVG Compressed (svgz)

SVG (svg)

which are not iPhoto compatible? That would prevent using Illustrator as the external editor from within iPhoto.

OT

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Answer 3

Yer_Man

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Jul 18, 2012 11:45 AM in response to Old Toad

Well I could wiggle and say, yes, but it still means that you can open the file from iPhoto into Illustrator... but that's just wriggling, and you're right. From the description I think Image Capture is the way to go.

Regards

TD

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Answer 4

Old Toad

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Jul 18, 2012 11:55 AM in response to Yer_Man

Yes, Image Capture is the way to go since he only wants one copy of the photo on the hard drive.

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