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- [Voiceover] In this movie,

I'll show you the other way



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to get a pixel-based

image into Illustrator.



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And that's to use the

'place' command to create



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a dynamic link to the image file on disk.



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So, the first step is to

go up to the 'File' menu



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and choose the 'New'

command, or you can press



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control N here on the PC,

or command N on the Mac.



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And I'm going to go ahead

and change the profile



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to basic RGB, which

these days appears to set



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the orientation to landscape.



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I'm going to go ahead

and switch it to portrait



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by clicking on this little icon here.



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And then I'll click OK.



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Next, what you want to do

is go up to the 'File' menu



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and choose the 'Place' command,



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which has a keyboard shortcut

of control shift P here on



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the PC, or command shift P on the Mac.



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Then, locate the image file

that you want to import,



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and click on the 'place' button.



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Now, that goes ahead and loads

your cursor with the image.



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At this point, you want

to be very careful that



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you click instead of drag.



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If you drag with the

cursor, you will scale



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the image as you import it.



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And that is generally not

something you want to do,



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especially when tracing

images inside Illustrator.



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So just go ahead and click,

and you'll import the



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full-sized image.



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All right, now assuming

that you want to scale the



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artboard to match the

image, go ahead and switch



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to the artboard tool, which

once again you can get



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by pressing shift O.



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And then, assuming that

you have your smart guides



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turned on, just go ahead

and drag the top left



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and bottom right corners

so they snap into alignment



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with the image and then you

can press the escape key



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to exit the artboard mode.



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All right, now go ahead

and press control zero or



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command zero on a Mac to zoom in.



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Now, let's take a look at

a few key differences when



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working with linked images

as opposed to embedded ones.



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Notice I once again have

this link up here that



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tells me the name of the

original file on disk,



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but if I click on it, I

bring up a whole slew of



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options including edit original.



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And this one is very important.



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If I choose this command,

then Illustrator will



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go ahead and switch me back to Photoshop,



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at which point if I make

a modification as I did



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in the previous movie, or

I go to the 'Image' menu



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choose 'Image Rotation'

and choose 'Flip Canvas



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Horizontal,' and then go

to the 'File' menu and



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choose the 'Save' command

to update the file on disk.



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Now if I go ahead and

switch back to Illustrator,



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notice that Illustrator is

aware of the modifications,



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and asks me if I would

like to update the image.



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At which point if I click

yes, then I'm going to see



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that update occur inside Illustrator.



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This isn't really what

I want, however, so I'll



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go ahead and choose that

command again, or I could



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just click on the 'Edit

Original' button up here



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in the control panel.



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And I'll go up to the

'Edit' menu and choose



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'Step Backward' in order

to turn the image to its



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original appearance and then

I will once again choose



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the 'Save' command from the

'File' menu, after which



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point I'll go ahead and

switch to Illustrator.



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Now, let's say I say no, that I don't want



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to update my changes.



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I can always update the

changes later on by clicking



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on this link up here in the

control panel once again



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and choosing 'Update Link'

in order to reflect the



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modifications that I made in Photoshop.



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Another subtle advantage

to working this way is that



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Illustrator has gone ahead

and populated my swatches



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panel, as we are seeing

up here in the upper right



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corner of the screen.



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And of course if you're

not seeing your swatches



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panel, you can just go

to the 'Window' menu,



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choose the 'Swatches' command,

which for me is located



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way down here.



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And of course if you can't

see your swatches panel,



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you can go up to the

'Window' menu and choose the



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'Swatches' command.



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Compare that to what happens when you open



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an image directly.



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Notice over here in the swatches panel,



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we have just none and

the registration swatch.



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If you want more, you'd

have to click on the



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little library icon in

the bottom left corner



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of the swatches panel,

choose 'Default Swatches,'



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and then choose 'Basic

RGB,' and then you'd have



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to go ahead and select

all these guys by clicking



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on the last swatch, shift

clicking on the first one



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and then dragging them and dropping them



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into the swatches panel.



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So, you can still get to those swatches,



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but it takes an extra step.



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And then finally I want

you to see when you select



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an embedded image by

clicking on it, you see a



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selection outline around the outer edge.



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Whereas, when you click on a linked image,



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it's an X through the

center of it as well.



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Now, if you ever change

your mind, you do have



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an embed button.



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So you can just go

ahead and click on it to



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embed that image, and you will lose the X.



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That's not what I want,

however, because that would



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break the dynamic link to

the image file on disk.



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So I'll just go ahead and press control Z,



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or command Z on the Mac

to undo that change.



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And then, finally, a little

bit of housekeeping here



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inside the layers panel.



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I'm going to click on the

flyout menu icon in the



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upper left corner, and

choose 'Panel Options'.



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And then I'll go ahead

and increase this row size



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value to other and I

want it to be 70 pixels



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so I can actually see

what's going on inside



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the panel there so that

I have larger previews.



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And then, I'll just go

ahead and rename this layer



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tracing, let's say, and

press the enter key,



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or the return key on the

Mac, to apply that change.



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Finally, I'm going to twirl this guy open,



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and I'm going to rename

this image 300 ppi.



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And by the way, ppi stands

for the resolution of



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this image, which is 300 pixels per inch.



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And you can see that

reflected up here in the



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control panel as well.



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And that will become very

important in the next movie



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when we discuss how to

autotrace the image.



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And that is the difference

between linking to an



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image file on disk using the place command



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versus embedding the image

using the open command.



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And the last piece of good

news is that this file



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with the linked image is about half as big



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as the one with the embedded image.



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And so you have a more

efficient workflow as well.