Saving image so it can be opened in Illustrator
Hey all! Can someone remind me how to save an image in photoshop so I can open it in Illustrator? I want to the image to open with it's outline to be the image, and not the bounding box. I know it has to do with making a selection around the image in Photoshop, and making that selection into a path, but then I'm lost..
Thanks!
Kaleb
or you can save as one of the formats illustrator opens... i have illy cs3 (but don't use it). here's what it can open:
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<a href="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1gGyKtDEN85NfnpR82N3xoXovJIV" /></a>
<img alt="Picture hosted by Pixentral" src="http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1gGyKtDEN85NfnpR82N3xoXovJIV_thumb.jpg" border="0" />
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<br />sorry. it's probably more complex than that. i'm sure someone who knows illy will be by soon.
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