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Theresa J
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October 8, 2018
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Vector Patterns don't appear to be vector

  • October 8, 2018
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I'm trying to create vector patterns with Capture. I've tried on my iPhone and my iPad. The pattern is created as an svg and saved to my Creative Cloud Library, but when I view it in Illustrator, it is not vector. Any ideas why? I have tried this with two different libraries and I got the same result.

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    Correct answer Sue Garibaldi

    Yes. It's definitely bitmap, not vector. In fact it would give you a message that it might take awhile to create the vector art. The weird thing is that I thought I remember trying it when the feature first came out, and I was sure it created a vector pattern. But now when I go back and look at the patterns I created then, they also show up as bitmap.


    Theresa.

    Yes, I saw that alert when I was saving. Your art is saving with the title "Vector SVG" in the app, right?

    I just heard back from the product manager. She said this

    The vector save allows you to save a vector pattern, however because it was generated from a raster image it will capture the shape of the pixels from the original, which will show the more you size it up.

    She also said that she plans on tackling this in future releases by adding some smoothing to the vector. (I also passed along your suggestion about the naming structure.)

    Sorry for the confusion. And sorry for not knowing that there were two ways to save.

    Sue.

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    Sue Garibaldi
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    October 8, 2018

    Hi Theresa.

    Patterns aren't vector; they're bitmap. I don't think, at this point, that they're super useful in Illustrator; they work much better in Photoshop.

    Is there something that you're wanting/trying to do with them that won't work in Photoshop?

    Sue.

    Theresa J
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    Theresa JCommunity ExpertAuthor
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    October 8, 2018

    Sue,

    Why does it give an option for vector if it isn't really vector? Here's a screen capture from my phone. They could be really useful in Illustrator if they were actually vector patterns, and editable inside of Illustrator.

    Sue Garibaldi
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    October 8, 2018

    Theresa.

    I'll double-check on this for you but I'm fairly certain it's never been vector art.

    i'll post as soon as I hear back from the Capture team.

    Sue.