Once PhotoJazz is properly installed, you can use Illustrator to add PhotoJazz images to a document layout, use PhotoJazz images as templates, or open PhotoJazz image files as documents, just as you can for any other graphic type supported by Illustrator.

Opening

Placement

Templates

Placement

To place a PhotoJazz image in an Illustrator document:

1. Select File > Place… in Illustrator to open the Open dialog.
2. Select the PhotoJazz image file.
3. Uncheck Link if you want Illustrator to keep its own copy of the image instead of linking to the original.
4. Click Place to open the image for placement.
5. Drag the image where you want it with the mouse.
6. Use the handles on the edge and corners of the image to size it.

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Templates

To use a PhotoJazz image as a template in an Illustrator document:

1. Select File > Place… in Illustrator to open the Open dialog.
2. Select the PhotoJazz image file.
3. Uncheck Link if you want Illustrator to keep its own copy of the image instead of linking to the original.
4. Check Template.
5. Click Place to open the image for placement as a template.
6. Drag the image where you want it with the mouse.
7. Use the handles on the edge and corners of the image to size it.

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Opening

To open a PhotoJazz image as an Illustrator document:

1. Select File > Open… in Illustrator to open the Open dialog.
2. Select the PhotoJazz image file.
3. Click Open to open the image.

or

1. Drag the PhotoJazz image's file icon and drop it on Illustrator's application icon in the Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer.

You can open multiple PhotoJazz images from the Macintosh Finder or Windows Explorer by selecting them all and then double-clicking on any of them or selecting File > Open.

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While the PhotoJazz plug-in is decompressing (opening) a PhotoJazz image, Illustrator displays a wait cursor (a spinning watch or an hourglass), or, for very large images, a progress indicator. During this time, you can cancel the Open operation on a Macintosh at any time by pressing Command+Period. Note that Illustrator does not support progressive display during file opening. Illustrator buffers up the entire decompressed image before displaying any of it, and from then on always displays the image from its own cache, permitting much faster redisplay.

If the PhotoJazz image file has been corrupted, whether due to storage medium failure or transmission errors, the data integrity verification feature of the PhotoJazz plug-in will tell you as soon as it detects evidence of corruption.