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E
eadkins
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March 25, 2022
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How to convert line art from fresco to illustrator?

  • March 25, 2022
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I'm having trouble with a work flow of drawing in fresco and then converting it to line work for clean up in illustrotr for desktop. I draw the lines there are no pixels just vector linework but and I want to clean it up and retain line weights...when bringing into illustrator it doesn't retain the lines at all. The lines themselves become objects which means I now have to readraw in illisutrrotr wihch kinda defeats the purpose of the fresco in the first place? 

 

    Correct answer Michael J. Hoffman

    It's important to understand that the vector brushes in Fresco produce the same kind of vector objects as Illustrator's "blob brush." This means that you are not creating a line with a variable width stroke, rather you are breathing a closed path with a solid fill and no stroke. When you examine these objects in Illustrator, you can see the paths, and edit them as you would any path. But they are not stroked lines.

     

    If you want to create line based artwork (optionally with variable width strokes), you'll need to start in Illustrator using the pen tool or the pencil tool.

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    manal shanableh
    manal shanableh
    Legend
    March 29, 2022
    the  vector brushes in fresco are vector in look only as micheal said as blob brush in illustator, you cannot change its width after drawing.
     
    usually i use to edit the fresco artwork by photoshop, not by illustator.
     
    i can say that fresco is bitmap based not vetor as per my experience on it. i have done so many stories drawing on it.
    Michael J. Hoffman
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    Michael J. HoffmanCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    March 25, 2022

    It's important to understand that the vector brushes in Fresco produce the same kind of vector objects as Illustrator's "blob brush." This means that you are not creating a line with a variable width stroke, rather you are breathing a closed path with a solid fill and no stroke. When you examine these objects in Illustrator, you can see the paths, and edit them as you would any path. But they are not stroked lines.

     

    If you want to create line based artwork (optionally with variable width strokes), you'll need to start in Illustrator using the pen tool or the pencil tool.

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