CS4 Problem getting text from Illustrator over to Photoshop.

OK. The bottle on the L is what the bottle is supposed to look like.... minus the black box on the bottom. The L bottle is placed there in photoshop just to show what it is supposed to look like. Then the other layer had the bottle on the R or what is supposed to be the full bottle that I am trying to get my Eyelash Recovery text onto that one on that layer.

The bottle on the R is the problem. The white box is the entire area around the small area of the bottle being shown. Yes, trying to bring just the text Eyelash Recovery over from Illustrator = it created the white box all by itself. (Create Outlines did not help at all)

Note. I created the words Eyelash Recovery in text on a circle in Illustrator and then tried to drag and drop AND I tried to copy/paste into Illustrato = both ways. Both failed and created everything that is white around the R bottle that only shows the small area of the bottle. Anything around the small window of the bottle = which is actually a transparent area around the text Eyelash Recovery that allows the bottle on the L to show thru. So it came over as a small area of transparent window with the text in it (not centered as you can see) AND a white box around that window that I could not get rid of.

But then, for some reason, it then also wanted to created the black blox on bottom out of the clear blue = where that came from I do not know.

So I created the text Eyelash Recovery in Illustrator on the oval and placed it in position on the oval using the text on path tool. I then used the type > skew to get the text to bet straight up and down instead of curving into the oval. Then I tried 2 ways. 1 was to copy/paste into Photoshop on top of the bottle and the other was to drag and drop. It wanted to place it as pixels. So I allowed it to paste as pixels. And I allowed it to apply. In the layers palette however, it showed as a vector smart object = ???

Then I tried to rasterize that layer which now said it wanted to rasterize the smart object (which I did not 1. place OR 2. drag and drop as a smart object).

For some reason, instead of only coming over as the Eyelash Recovery text, it came over with just a small transparent window (which you can see on the L side above AND it created the rest as a white box around that that obliterated the rest of the image. Yes, I could move the Eyelash Recovery text and the transparent window around to show diff. parts of the bottle but only this amount as seen above. But I could not get rid of the white around the transparent window to see the bottle below in full and to place my Eyelash Recovery text.

Then on top of it... for some reason, when I rasterized that layer, it created the black box you see on the bottom of the image above and there was no way to get rid of either the white area OR the black box area at bottom

A mess?? Yes.

The reason I used the text on the curve is that I have not and could not figure out how to do the text on a straight path and then use the 3D tool. I haven't figured that one out yet. I tried but all I got is my entire window a grey window only. And in the past when I've tried to put text on say a bottle or soda can... for some reason, it doesn't leave the text in the middle but puts it way off to the side. So I haven't figured that one out yet. I have yet to find a good tutorial to teach me how to do that yet at all.

I don't care if it goes as a Smart Object... it still did the same thing as above.

I don't know what Envelope Distort is or how to use it.

The screen shot is the image above... that's the screen shot. With the bottle as it should be on the L = that was on one layer and the problem bottle on the R = that was a different layer.

I did try with Smart Object = same results.

Layer with the bottle = bottom so that I can see the curve I need and the placement.

Sep. layer = curve and text.

Sending the screen shots as 3 sep. steps. so you can see all 3 layers exposed.

Ok I am trying. I've resized the screen shots to max 400 pixel wide, 72 dpi and file size smaller than 600K. I choose it and the upload button stays greyed out. Now what do I do? Thanks.

I tried to make a pdf out of it and now I tried to place it and got an unexpected Adobe Forum error = ???

OK... got the 3 in there. As you can see... the top 1st one is the top layer, 2nd is next layer w. top layer inactivated and bottom (this one) = the bottom layer with anything above it inactivated. Thank you.

No. All I do is hold down shift/command/3 to capture..... does enlarging this part help?  Layer 3 = a white layer and bottom is just a duplicate of the Background in case I messe up and need the orig.

You know... is there an easier way to do what I am trying to do? I haven't figured out the 3D at all... I don't know what envelope distort is...

does this help?

   Illustrator layers

PS. the bottom layer is the bottle I brought over to try and make my text

the top layer is the text on oval layer = is text

When I drag over to Photoshop or do copy/paste, it goes in as pixels but once inside Photoshop = it says it is a smart object (that I rasterize)

I selected the text on that one layer and did 1. dragged it over and 2. copy/pasted into Photoshop. It wanted to paste as pixels but when I went to rasterize, it said it was a smart object. The text was in the transparent window with white all around it which blocked the image of the bottle. I could move that window and text around in Photoshop but still,  only that window part showed and the white blocked out the rest of the bottle. And after rasterizing, the black box covering the bottom of the image showed up. I could not delete either the white or the black at all.

Do you have a drop box and log in and password?

We don't have one. Is there an easier way to do what I am trying to do? Thanks. PS... thanks for all your attempts at helping.

Grant, I appreciate it but I don't want to post my email... esp. after I left for a family emergency a couple of summers ago and came home to 704 spam messages. Someone had some how leaked my email. But I do appreciate your trying to help me. Thank you.

I'll have to deal with this tomorrow.... thank you.