Adobe Illustrator/to the differnces

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Expert: - 1/31/2011


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what is the differences between open and place commend in illustrator...

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Hi Pragathi,

You use open to open existing vector or Illustrator files, but you use Place to bring in files from other programs, normally bitmap/raster images from Photoshop or another app. Placing keeps your Illustrator defaults in tact such as swatches, brushes, settings, etc. Opening a bitmap/raster file gives you no swatches and your artboard is set to the size of the opened image.


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