: Edit smart object in Illustrator while viewing other Photoshop layers I am trying find an easy way to switching back and forth from Illustrator to Photoshop. I have two files: one is a raster

@Caterina889

In Photoshop CC or Photoshop CC2014, when placing the Illustrator file into Photoshop, choose File > Place Linked.

This will link the Smart Object to the Illustrator file. Edits to the Illustrator file from there on will be reflected in the Photoshop Smart Object.

Note, this is new Photoshop CC behavior and not possible in previous versions of Photoshop.

In Illustrator, simply ensure you place your raster file as a linked file and not an embedded file. When the raster file changes and you switch back to Illustrator, you'll be asked if you want to update it.

Neither app will update external files from itself. So you can't update the PS file when the AI files changes until you actually open the PS file, and when the PS file changes, the AI file won't update until you open it in Illustrator.

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@Bethany839

I'm afraid that Adobe CS or CC is not conceived in such an integrated way. I have never seen myself in the position you describe but what I would try is to link the psd file you are working on in the illustrator file which at the same time is linked in the psd. I would place it in a hidden layer, so when you are in Ps you can see only the vectors an whenever you want to edit it just open illustrator and show the layer. Iguess you would also see the vector repeated since it is linked in the psd, but it is the only way I can think of to work the way you want to work.

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