: Separating vectors in Photoshop I purchased some vectors in Adobe Stock. They are multiple images on a page and download as an ai file. I open them in photoshop and cannot figure out how to

@Nimeshi706

Strictly using Photoshop . . .


You can create a layer mask to hide elements on the layer.
Then duplicate the layer and adjust the mask.


Or. . .


you can create a Marquee Selection around an element
Edit > Copy
Open a New Document (it should be the size of your selection by default)
Edit > Paste


This will give you each item in a separate document. However, the pasted elements will be raster elements and no longer vector.



If you want to edit Illustrator vector content, and retain it as vectors, then using Illustrator, or some other compatible vector editor, is really the only way.

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@Courtney577

An ai file is an Adobe Illustrator file. If you want to edit the contents of the file then you will need to open the file in Illustrator.

If you want to, you could open the file in Illustrator and export the file as a PSD, see the following question: Illustrator document to Photoshop - Preserve Layers?

You can also open the file in Illustrator and copy what you want and paste/place the image into Photoshop.

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