Using drag and drop to copy between applications

The drag-and-drop feature lets you copy and move images between Photoshop Elements and other applications.

In Windows, the application must be OLE-compliant. To duplicate an entire image by dragging and dropping, use the move tool to drag the image. To copy an OLE object that contains .psd data, use the OLE Clipboard. (See your Windows documentation.)

In Mac OS, the application must support Mac OS Drag Manager, and you must be running System 8.6 or higher.

Dragging vector artwork (shapes or text) from Adobe Illustrator or from other applications that use the Illustrator Clipboard rasterizes the artwork--the mathematically defined lines and curves of the vector art are converted into the pixels or bits of a bitmap image.

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