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[How To] Import PDF or Ai file into Adobe Fresco

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January 27, 2020
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how can you import a pdf or ai file from macbook (illustrator) to ipad adobe fresco? Since I want to make adjustment on my vector file on my ipad with adobe fresco.

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zephyrpfo

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The fact that this is flagged as "solved" is disheartening. The issue has not at all been solved, it's been a missing critical feature that Adobe has claimed to be working on since 2019. Not being able to truly edit files in Fresco adds a frustrating "workaround" fix that adds a ton of time to a project's workflow. I understand that it may not be as simple as we want it to be but in five years I guess I expect some progress towards it.

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Joshua33934385ybdr

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Good Morning,

Adobe Fresco Team, is there any update on when this feature will become available? Or any information on why you are resticting this capability. Is it just a problem with the app design? We have been patiently waiting since the mass conversion from draw with promises of it coming in the future throughout this thread and others.

Does anyone know of other drawing apps that allow for easy movement between vector files?

Would be great asset to the adobe fresco app if this could function in this way.

Anshul_Saini

Community Manager

Hello Joshua33934385ybdr,

I understand your frustration regarding the absence of the feature to import PDF or Ai files directly into Adobe Fresco. While I don't have specific information on when this capability will be available, your feedback is valuable. I recommend upvoting and commenting on the related Uservoice suggestion, as the Adobe Fresco team monitors this platform for user input. Here's the link to the suggestion: Import SVG, AI, EPS, PDF files.

I hope this information helps, and thank you for your patience.

Best,

Anshul Saini

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jquest330

Participating Frequently

2023 Bump. Promising experience with Fresco, but without a real workflow, it's just a toy.

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Daniel308

Known Participant

Insane that even Goodnotes or Notability can import PDF files.

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keithagu75

Participating Frequently

This makes zero sense....why be able to create vector art in Fresco but not be able to import vector art into fresco? Really wanted to use my tablet to enhance a vector ilustration by adding texture with the drawing capabilities on a tablet.

This chould have been a logical move once you made it possible to create vector art in Fresco.

Garcia Draws

Participant

How come in late 2022 you can send you Adobe Fresco files and edit smoothly in Adobe Illustrator Ipad but you cant send it back to Fresco after you did one or two tweaks?

That makes no sense at all, this function should be native to the apps, Whats going on Adobe??

RedRoof

Participant

@7608666 , is there any update on this? Now that Draw is officially dead, is there going to be a way to import .ai files into Fresco so this back and forth with Illustrator will finally be possible?

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Michael22705674bno3

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I'm also looking for an answer for this. It seems obsurd that it's not possible especially when the original post was from 2 years ago.

Hmmm... "Let's make a vector drawing app that doesn't correspond with our other vector program.... ". 🥴

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linah25485547

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Agreed, why this was not something they thought about from the beginning is beyond me. Vectors go hand in hand and you should at least be able to import an eps or svg and maintain the vectors.

And during the two years this thread has been alive there has been no updates to this issue. I do love Fresco but I need to be able to switch between Fresco and Illustrator for most of my projects.

lucykafka

Inspiring

Also I tried to get around it by using Draw, and then opening in Fresco, but as you know, no more Draw. So, that is extra crazy.

lucykafka

Inspiring

Oh dear. I just sold the team on doing the animations of the vector shapes (that we have in illustrator) using the new Fresco animation feature. This is embarassing. . .
Anything new on this?

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Charlilu

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Well unless something drastic has changed in the last month....

I've managed to bring an ai. file (from Windows 10 laptop) into fresco (iPad), via Creative Cloud Files Folder.

I wasn't sure how to -- and stumbled my way to this page -- as I rarely use the app (which i love by the way), but followed the same steps Sue gave below for bringing in PDFs using the 'image' icon on toolbar.

Its a relief because I really needed the vector lines without the white background a PDF brings.

Has there been an update then -- so what files will it accept now?

Thanks

Charlilu

Sue Garibaldi

Community Manager

Hi Charlilu.

It is possible to import .ai files into an Image Layer in Fresco but there isn't that same back-and-forth capability, that Fresco and Photoshop share, with Illustrator files.

We're working on it. For now, ,psds are the only files that have round-trip capability with Fresco.

I hope I answered your question.

Sue.

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meghanr85342217

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Hi Jeanne.

Sorry. Not yet.

Additionally, I suspect that round-trip between Ai and Fresco will happen before it's possible to "edit" a PDF (actually I'm not even certain that PDF editing is something that's planned).

Exporting from Fresco to Illustrator is coming. Soon. Hang in there.

Sue.

I'm really looking forward to the ability to pass back and forth between Fresco and Illustrator. I use both of those programs in my workflows. It's frustrating when I can't keep the .ai layers in the file once it's in Fresco. I've also tried exporting a .psd file from my original .ai file, then importing it into Fresco, but the layers get flattened that way, too. I feel like I spend 10x more time on figure out how to make the files play nice than I do actual artwork, and it's a little maddening (especially when I can export from Fresco to Illustrator).

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