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Project 1: Composite Movie Ad 51Rasterize a Vector FileLogos and title treatments %u2014 such as the ones you will use in this project %u2014 are commonly created as vector graphics. Although Photoshop is typically a pixel-based application, you can also open and work with vector graphics created in illustration programs like Adobe Illustrator.1. With aftermath.psd open, choose File>Open and navigate to your WIP>Movie folder.2. Select Title.ai in the list of files and then click Open.This is an Adobe Illustrator file of the movie title text treatment. The Format menu defaults to Photoshop PDF because Illustrator uses PDF as its underlying file structure.3. Choose Bounding Box in the Crop To menu.If you%u2019re opening a multipage PDF or an Illustrator file with more than one artboard, the preview window on the left side of the dialog box shows thumbnails of each %u201cpage%u201d in the file. You can click a specific thumbnail to select anything other than Page%u00a01. Press Shift and click to select multiple consecutive pages, or press Command/Control and click to select multiple, nonconsecutive pages.The Crop To options determine the outside dimensions of the opened file. Depending on how the file was created, some of these values might be the same as others:%u2022 Bounding Box is the outermost edges of the artwork in the file.%u2022 Media Box is the size of the paper as defined in the file.%u2022 Crop Box is the size of the page/artboard, including printer%u2019s marks.%u2022 Bleed Box is the trim size, plus any defined bleed allowance.%u2022 Trim Box is the trim size as defined in the file.%u2022 Art Box is the area of the page as defined in the file.4. If the Width and Height fields show any unit other than Inches, open either menu and choose Inches.When you open a vector file (Illustrator, EPS, or PDF) in Photoshop, it is rasterized (converted to a raster graphic). The resulting Import PDF dialog box allows you to determine exactly what and how to rasterize the file.Choose Inches in the Width or Height menu.Choose Bounding Box in this menu.