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•Clipping paths and vector masks for silhoueing objects.
•Importing 3D content from CAD programs.
•Editing and painting directly on 3D layers.
Photoshop PSD files support CMYK, RGB, and Lab color spaces, as well
as grayscale, multi-channel, and multitone (duotone, tritone, and so on).
All of these aspects of PSD files remain intact when Photoshop files are
placed into Illustrator or InDesign documents, with the exception of
blending modes. While opacity attributes of a Photoshop file are
honored by Illustrator and InDesign, blending modes are not. See the
“Photoshop Blending Mode Issue” topic in the InDesign chapter of this
document for more information on the issue and how to work around it
in InDesign.
Current versions of InDesign and Illustrator support layered PSD files, so
there is no need to flatten layers for output. Because InDesign allows
overrides to Photoshop layer visibility with Object Layer Overrides,
flattening an image whose appearance is managed by InDesign would
result in incorrect output. If you are concerned about storing large
Photoshop files, note that, pixel-for-pixel, a Photoshop file usually takes
up less space on disk than an equivalent TIFF or EPS file. Certainly, a
large, complex file with many layers will result in a larger file size, but
consider it a fair trade-off for the flexibility such a file provides. If a
customer’s file contains unused, hidden layers, consult with the
customer before deleting such layers to reduce file size. If the file is used
in an InDesign document, determine whether those layers are rendered
visible by Object Layer Options or required for alternate versions of the
image on another part of the job.
Now, let’s look at some of the unique capabilities of native Photoshop
files.
Vector content in Photoshop images
While most Photoshop images are composed solely of pixels,
Photoshop also supports the inclusion of vector information. Vector
text, vector-based Shape layers, vector masks, and Smart Objects can
coexist with pixels in a Photoshop file. Such content remains editable
throughout the life of the image; text can be edited with the Type tool,
and vector shapes can be edited with the Pen and selection tools. Since
such content has no inherent resolution, it can be scaled and rotated
within Photoshop without losing fidelity. However, some special
handling is required to ensure that such content prints as intended.
Vector Text: The Horizontal and Vertical Type tools are used to create
vector text in Photoshop. Like text in Illustrator or InDesign, such text is
fully editablecontent, color, size, and spacing can be changed at any
time, provided that the text remains true text. If the text is rasterized
(Layer > Rasterize > Type), the text becomes pixels and such editability
is lost. Note that the Type Mask tools do not create vector text; they let
you type pixel-based characters that instantly become active selections.
The appearance of vector text in Photoshop is a bit misleading; even
though the text is clearly not pixelsit’s fully editableit appears
rasterized. If the image is printed directly from Photoshop, the edges of
text will be defined at the resolution of the underlying image, unless the
image is printed to a PostScript printer and Include Vector Data is
checked in the print dialog. (Text will be rasterized if the image is
printed to a non-PostScript device, such as an inkjet printer, even if
Include Vector Data is checked.) If a Photoshop .psd file containing text
is placed into Illustrator or InDesign, the text will image at the resolution
of the placed image. However, if the file is saved as a Photoshop PDF,
the text in the image will print as crisp, vector text if the Photoshop PDF
is placed in Illustrator or InDesign.
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