How to export Art brushes as vector NOT bitmap?

**Jonopen** · 17 December 2018, 08:24 AM

The fact it's possible at all to convert art brushes into vector was quite a revelation to me, I previously always assumed they were bitmaps.

After some testing I ran into the same issue as everyone else, for example, heavily curved lines no longer convert vectors but become clipped bitmaps. I wonder if there's a maximum number of nodes before it decides to make it a bitmap?

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**Acorn** · 17 December 2018, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Jonopen

The fact it's possible at all to convert art brushes into vector was quite a revelation to me, I previously always assumed they were bitmaps.

After some testing I ran into the same issue as everyone else, for example, heavily curved lines no longer convert vectors but become clipped bitmaps. I wonder if there's a maximum number of nodes before it decides to make it a bitmap?

Thank you Jono, this is a useful analysis.

Pity Xara is not around to chip in.

Acorn