[thelist] illustrator paths and points
Joe Crawford
jcrawford at avencom.com
Wed Mar 21 17:40:52 CST 2001
"A. Erickson" wrote:
> > Another thought is that in Photoshop you can convert selections to paths
> > (vectors) and paste them into vector tools. Streamline and Flash are
> > also tools which can convert bitmaps to vectors.
>
> Can they be pasted into Illustrator?
Hey - this is one of mine!
And the answer is yes.
Here's Photoshop -> Illustrator:
- open an image
- make a selection of any kind
- Window > Show Paths
- (on the black |> triangle on
the paths palette, do:
"Make Work Path"
- (use 0.5 for more control, 10.0 for less close)
- double-click the path layer to save it to the document
- You can use the "Direct Selection Tool" in the pen tools to select
the path
- Edit > Copy
- Open Illustrator, New Document
- Paste
Results vary widely, and using PS for this is very limited - it won't
work for things with color, etc. But I have found it can be a nice
starting point for a new vector drawing.
Now, in flash you can do *always* do an export of the document or a
selection to EPS - which can be opened in Illustrator (or Freehand).
HTH,
Joe
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