Vector art pasted into Photoshop appears pixelated?

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answer:Hi, neener! It sounds like the process of copying/pasting the art into Photoshop should be modified a little. Have you tried exporting your InDesign document as a PDF then importing it into Photoshop? Photoshop will ask you at what resolution the import should be done at, thereby rasterizing your vector illustrations for use in Photoshop and beyond. If you don’t want your art rasterized, I would suggest exploring Photoshop’s menus. I don’t have Photoshop open in front of me right now, but I would expect there to be some kind of dialog that lets you control display settings, kind of like InDesign’s way of displaying images on a page – Performance, Fast, or Perfect (whatever they are). Your problem might be that the pasted smart objects are being displayed poorly on your screen but will print just fine. Good luck!

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