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onearmjohn
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September 6, 2009
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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
      Mohit GoyalCommunity 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
      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
        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
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          onearmjohnAuthor
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          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,

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