Importing tiffs to Illustrator

[irishgrizzly]

Can you tell me an easy way to get tiffs from photoshop to Illustrator with regard in retaining transparency. Ideally I'd like to export my photoshop file with the image on a transparent background, but flat so the file size is low. I'm running CS2.

At the moment I have to draw a path in photoshop, export it separately and then scale and apply it as a mask.

Thanks

 

[Sdashiki]

export is as a PNG?

 

[irishgrizzly]

Good idea, but I have to use Tiff of EPS.

 

[Sdashiki]

i dont get it.

its an eps. open the eps in AI?

if you open anything into photoshop, its rasterized.

why do you need photoshop?

 

[djbahdow01]

Can you tell me an easy way to get tiffs from photoshop to Illustrator with regard in retaining transparency. Ideally I'd like to export my photoshop file with the image on a transparent background, but flat so the file size is low. I'm running CS2.

At the moment I have to draw a path in photoshop, export it separately and then scale and apply it as a mask.

Thanks

Export it as an EPS. This will keep the transparency.

export is as a PNG?

PNG is good for web not for print if thats what s/he is doing this for.

 

[Sdashiki]

If someone needs to import something into illustrator, I assume they were vectorizing (tracing the image) which means a TIFF, regardless of losslessness, doesnt matter.

png is an easy way to get transparency/masking info.

.eps is bloated vector

 

[ac6789]

If you have to use TIFF or EPS your only option is to use an EPS file with a clipping mask to maintain transparency information.

Of if it's acceptable, you can import the PhotoShop file into illustrator and maintain transparency that way.