Re: Using AI doc in Painter
Hi Studiokane and welcome
should be simple enough - file menu /acquire/adobe illustrator file
:)
Re: Using AI doc in Painter
Thanks for your reply.
When I try that, my AI files are greyed out. Ideas?
Re: Using AI doc in Painter
not sure - when you acquire illustrator file, painter should open a dialog box and
.ai files that it can open should display - other files should not show
this is painterX windows XP - are you running something different?
Re: Using AI doc in Painter
I have Painter IX on Mac OSX (Illustrator CS2)
Re: Using AI doc in Painter
I got it to work! It needs to be an AI EPS file (I just had it saved as a straight AI file).
Thanks for the help. I'm sure I'll be back for more :)
Re: Using AI doc in Painter
You've jogged my memory - I think painter only imports ai files up to version .ai8 :)
Re: Using AI doc in Painter
Studiokane,
handrawn is correct, the file needs to be AI8 or earlier. Are you intending to edit the vector paths in Painter? That may get pretty cumbersome if the file is very complex.
A good alternative is to "File/Export" the RGB AI file as a layered RGB Photoshop file. Paths, groups and layers will be converted to layers when opened in Painter. Just choose the resolution you need when exporting from AI.