Photoshop

Place PDF or Illustrator files in Photoshop

When you place a PDF or Adobe Illustrator file, use the Place PDF dialog box to set options for placing the artwork.

  1. With the destination Photoshop document open, place a PDF or Adobe Illustrator file.
  2. Under Select in the Place PDF dialog box, select Page or Image, depending on what elements of the PDF document you want to import. If the PDF file has multiple pages or images, click the thumbnail of the page or file you want to place.
    Note: 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.
  3. Under Options, choose from the Crop To menu to specify what part of the PDF or Illustrator (AI) document to include:
    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.

  4. Click OK to close the Place PDF dialog box.
  5. If necessary, set any positioning, scaling, skewing, rotating, warping, or anti-aliasing options in the options bar.
  6. Click Commit  to place the artwork as a Smart Object on a new layer of the destination document.