How to copy objects from Pages (5.5.1) and paste it into Photoshop as a vector smart object with high resolution?

It doesn't look like you can do it through the Clipboard because when I copy a shape in Pages 5.2, go to the Finder, and Edit/Show Clipboard, it says it is a Portable Network Graphics document. PNG, which has no vectors. That's how Pages put it on the Clipboard before you even get to Photoshop. I can't find anything in Pages preferences to change how Pages puts shapes on the Clipboard, so if there isn't a way in Pages 5.5.1, you might have to see if Jerrold Green1's suggestion works.

GH,

You can Print to PDF > Open in Preview. In Preview, Select the object with the Rectangular Selection Tool, Command-C, Command-N and Command-S to make vector (PDF) files of your objects.

Jerry

ghotiz wrote:

copy the image and have it in a high-quality PNG format that does not include the background from the Pages document.

Oh, well if you don't actually need vector objects then it looks like this is possible. As I said earlier, Pages is putting a PNG on the clipboard. I tested it and it does paste into Photoshop as a transparent layer, because I can see the transparent background of the pasted PNG graphic if I either turn off all layers behind it in Photoshop, or if I start a new Photoshop document to paste into but make sure I choose Transparent for the Background Contents in the New Document dialog.

I couldn't find a setting in Pages that would change how much data it puts on the Clipboard. I also tried saving the Pages document as PDF and opening it in Photoshop, but there was no additional resolution there and the transparency was lost. I don't know if there is a better way. Apple must have changed how it works between Pages 4 and Pages 5. (There are many other complaints about Apple changes across Pages, Keynote, and Numbers from 4 to 5.)