I do a lot of my vector shape work in Photoshop because it has the basic tools that I need. Recently though I wanted to learn and utilise some more advanced shape tools in illustrator. The problem I have run in to is that when I try and move shapes between the 2 programs their pixel sizes are not retained at all, not even close.
I have attached a screen shot showing the same shape in both Photoshop (left) and when pasted into Illustrator (right). Note the zoom levels are the same and therefore the pixel grids are the same size.
I need to utilise the pixel preview mode in illustrator often, so I cannot simply just turn it off and ignore the difference. This happens when either I paste the shape into illustrator or if I import/drag the shape from a Creative Cloud library where I have stored the shape.
Heres the thing though, if I work on the shape at this tiny size in illustrator and then paste it back into photoshop, it becomes the correct size again. However if in Illustrator I choose to utilise the pixel grid and draw a shape at the correct size, when I paste it back into photoshop it becomes enormous!
I've trawled through all the preferences of both applications, making sure measurements are all set to pixels everywhere, also DPI's set to 72 where available. I even went to the lengths of completely uninstalling Illustrator, blowing away all my settings, re-installing it and setting it up again. Nothing changed.
A colleague of mine doesn't have this problem at all. A 10px box in one app becomes a 10px box in the other, but we simply cannot figure out why it doesn't work the same way for me.
Please help!
