Illustrator CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2014 release)

22. Acquire Images

In This Chapter

How images are acquired in Illustrator

Using the Open command

Using the Place command

Importing Photoshop images into Illustrator

Managing linked images

Embedding and unembedding images

Dragging and dropping images into Illustrator

If you want to incorporate a photo into your Illustrator design (say, place a photo behind some type for a book cover, poster, or product label) or you want to import a bitmap image or vector artwork for tracing, you will gain the skills you need in this chapter. You will import images into an Illustrator document via the Open and Place commands and via the drag-and-drop method, ...