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- This chapter is all about placing photos



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and other pixel-based

artwork into an illustration.



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Such images generally come from Photoshop,



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but they can just as easily come directly



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from a digital camera,

a smartphone, Snapchat,



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or a scrap of paper someone found



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in a basement file cabinet.



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When you place a photo, either

by choosing the place command



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or by dragging and dropping

it from the desktop,



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Illustrator creates a

link to the image file



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on your hard drive.



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That way, if you edit the image with



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Photoshop or some other program,



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Illustrator updates the

placed image automatically.



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You can also alter the

image inside Illustrator



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to your heart's content,

without risking any harm



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to the original photograph.



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In the following movies,



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I'll show you how to adjust the placement



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of a cropped image,



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draw a border around it,



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mask the image inside live editable type,



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and preserve transparent pixels,



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commonly associated with

layers in Photoshop.



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In short, I'll teach you

everything you need to know



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about working with photographic

images inside Illustrator.