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Say there’s a portion of a logo I need to use, but the only raw material I have to work with is a PDF. Granted, it’s not rasterized, so the information is vector-based, which is good, but how do I go about importing only that specific shape, as a shape, into Photoshop for use in a new document?
I tried opening the PDF in Illustrator, then selecting the shape using the Direct Selection tool, and dragging it into my opened Photoshop document… that’ll work, but only as a smart layer. I’m not all that well-versed in smart layers, but from what I understand, the second document is now dependant on the first. My PSD file won’t be self-sufficient. Or did I understand that part wrong?
Either way, what would’ve been the RIGHT way to go from A to B, and end up with a SHAPE layer in Photoshop?
I tried opening the PDF in Illustrator, then selecting the shape using the Direct Selection tool, and dragging it into my opened Photoshop document… that’ll work, but only as a smart layer. I’m not all that well-versed in smart layers, but from what I understand, the second document is now dependant on the first. My PSD file won’t be self-sufficient. Or did I understand that part wrong?
Either way, what would’ve been the RIGHT way to go from A to B, and end up with a SHAPE layer in Photoshop?
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