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Usually people use PSD format but you can import Illustrator file through File > Place in any open document.
Portable Document Format. It's like an un-modifiable text document. Photoshop can output to it.
Adobe illustrator (AI) is a vector file format to save vector illustrations. It is the default format for Adobe illustrator. Photoshop cannot save the images in to AI format but it can be opened in Photoshop.
Native files are the files created in the program you are in. You have the option to save your file in another format, but its best to save the file in native file if wanting to come back to edit your work. Usually, when you save as another file the quality will lack. For example when you use Photoshop (.psd) or Adobe Illustrator (.ai)or PowerPoint (.pptx). If you save the file in the incorrect format and try to access, you may not be able to view or edit.
"Native Adobe" refers to the particular Adobe program's native file format. For example, Photoshop's native format is PSD; Illustrator is AI; Fireworks is PNG; Acrobat is PDF, and so on. Even though all programs can edit and export to different formats, it's their native format that the programs work best in.
copy it onto a translator, get the translation, and then paste it into the illustrator file?
Microsoft developed the RTF document file format in the year 1987. Microsoft used the RTF document file format for their products and for multi-platform document interchange.
This depends on the type of image you're attempting to bring into Illustrator.For jpg, bmp, gif, and other pixel images, you can use File > Open > filename.jpg and Illustrator will open a new document with that image as the first object on the page.Or, with Illustrator open (but not maximized) you can grab a file on your desktop and drag it into the illustrator window. If you have a file open, Illustrator will drop the contents of that file onto the artboard as if you copied and pasted it. If you have no illustrator files open, it will create a new illustrator document with that image as the first object on the page. This will also work with PDFs.
.ai for example - Adobe Illustrator file format.
PDF is a file format - Portable document format. You can open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Portable Document Format (PDF)
This is the format extension for an image file, and it stands for: Encapsulated Post Script. This format is often used with Adobe Illustrator.