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How to use photoshop brushes in Illustrator

  • September 6, 2009
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HI, I finally took the plung and purchased Illustrator. Can anyone tell me how to use Photoshop brushes in Illustrator please? Illistrator does not seem to like the .abr extension.

Thank you for your help.

Cheers.

Onearmjohn..

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    Correct answer JETalmage

    You cannot use Photoshop Brushes in Illustrator.

    Photoshop brushes are raster images that you "paint" into other raster images. Illustrator does not edit raster images.

    Illustrator Brushes are entirely different. Generally, they are vector artwork that gets stretched or scattered along a vector path.

    JET

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    Mohit Goyal
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    May 27, 2022

    Hi all,

     

    Take a look at the following article to move designs between Photoshop and Illustrator for a different workflow that suits your design objectives: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/move-designs-between-photoshop-illustrator.html

     

    Also, if you are looking to work with Illustrator design in Photoshop? See this: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/use-illustrator-artwork-in-photoshop.html

     

    Hope it helps.

    Thanks,

    Mohit

    JETalmage
    JETalmageCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    September 6, 2009

    You cannot use Photoshop Brushes in Illustrator.

    Photoshop brushes are raster images that you "paint" into other raster images. Illustrator does not edit raster images.

    Illustrator Brushes are entirely different. Generally, they are vector artwork that gets stretched or scattered along a vector path.

    JET

    Phillip James Gordon
    Known Participant
    September 6, 2009

    You can find a lot of information here.

    http://websitetips.com/graphics/illustrator/#tutorials-brushes

    Look down towards the bottom

    There are some tutorials about creating your own brushes in Adobe Illustrator

    Hope this helps you?

    Regards

    Phillip

    PJM
    Phillip James Gordon
    Known Participant
    September 6, 2009

    You can create your own Photoshop Brushes

    Which you can use in Illustrator.

    What Versions of Photoshop/Illustrator are you using?

    PJM
    Participant
    September 6, 2009

    Hi,

    I have CS4 v14.0 Student. I found a set of 'fur' brushes which I would like to use on an illustration I am doing but I am unable to use them in Illustrator but I can use them in Photoshop. They are in .abr format. I spent a couple hours looking for a way to import them into Illustrator. But then finally thought I had better ask for help.  Thank yo all for your assistance to date.

    Cheers,