Converting a Photoshop file to illustrator

I have this photoshop file made up of imagery I would like to convert to an illustrator. When I export to illustrator paths and open it in illustrator I get this empty box. Can you tell me how to convert the imagery from photoshop to line art in illustrator format?

Yakandhurl wrote:
I have this photoshop file made up of imagery I would like to convert to an illustrator. When I export to illustrator paths and open it in illustrator I get this empty box.
Sounds like you don't have any paths in your file.
Place the photoshop file in Illustrator and trace the artwork.
Object > Live Trace

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"there is no disk in drive. Please insert a disk into drive\device\Harddisk1\DRI"
It's looking for a file somewhere on a drive that no longer exists. Trash the prefs, flush the MRU (Recent Files) lists.
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AI is a 32bit app and never uses more than 2.something GB of memory, no matter how beefy your system may be. Anyway, such issues are usually quite specific, so it will be hard for anyone to advise. Some basic specs on what PSDs you are trying to import might help...
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Hello, there are alternatives: the best one, would be to stay in an Adobe workflow: photoshop elements: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html
If you just need to convert the files to flat ones, graphicconverter would help you: http://www.lemkesoft.com
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1. Turn on your computer and launch the Illustrator program.
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3. To open your Photoshop document, go to File>Open and then select the document you want to open when prompted.
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