Using AI doc in Painter

[studiokane]

I have a vector line drawing in Illustrator that I would like to bring into Corel Painter and paint. I am totally new to Painter. Does anyone know if this can be done? If so, how? It's a pretty complex drawing, so I'd like to avoid having to redraw it in Painter if at all possible.

Thanks!

Studio Kane

[handrawn]

Hi Studiokane and welcome

should be simple enough - file menu /acquire/adobe illustrator file

[studiokane]

Thanks for your reply.

When I try that, my AI files are greyed out. Ideas?

[handrawn]

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?

[studiokane]

I have Painter IX on Mac OSX (Illustrator CS2)

[studiokane]

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