Can't drag image from PS into Illustrator

[BillyKzov]

been googling this, can't figure it out...
i often drag an image layer i've prepared in photoshop straight into illustrator... this stopped working for some reason...

anyone have any idea why? i can't find it on google

[uncle charlie]

i've never "dragged" from photoshop to illustrator.. I always just place they layer in. What version are you using of both programs?

[squeegeethree]

Hold down the button on your mouse and move your hand from one window to another then let go of the mouse.

[JustinHelton]

or you could save it and then place it into illustrator.

[vastagh]

save>place>make a sandwich

[kylewbaker]

What version(s) are you using? Did it stop working altogether or is it possible certain types of layers work and others don't?

I think this is something that started at CS1 and has been improved since (before then I don't think you could drag between programs, but you could do some copy/pasting that was generally ill-advised). Nowadays the crossover is considerable and if you drag shapes / vector-masked layers from PS to AI they'll maintain their vector integrity.

Let us know more about what's going on if you're still having trouble and it's something worth pursuing -- as others have mentioned there are other ways to go about this, including pasting and exporting paths to illustrator, saving the layer as a file and placing, etc.

[austininin]

try saving the ps image and then dragging it. that could work.

[Robbie Fuct]

i was having problems with dragging things into photoshop when i went to snow leopard. i just recently downgraded to leopard and am a happy dragger again.

[BillyKzov]

i'm using the cs4 versions of both... this was working a few days ago, dragging a layer from photoshop into illustrator...

today, it doesn't. i can drag a text layer into illustrator. i can drag a channel selection. but i can't drag a layer. i've been saving a layer out, then opening with illustrator. works, but not being able to just drag the effing layer is making me crazy.

[BillyKzov]

What version(s) are you using? Did it stop working altogether or is it possible certain types of layers work and others don't?

I think this is something that started at CS1 and has been improved since (before then I don't think you could drag between programs, but you could do some copy/pasting that was generally ill-advised). Nowadays the crossover is considerable and if you drag shapes / vector-masked layers from PS to AI they'll maintain their vector integrity.

Let us know more about what's going on if you're still having trouble and it's something worth pursuing -- as others have mentioned there are other ways to go about this, including pasting and exporting paths to illustrator, saving the layer as a file and placing, etc.

posted this to the adobe illustrator forum... no one knows what might be happening over there either. thought it might be a corrupt preference file...