Shape in PS into path in AI

[marinaw60684703]

please i have a stroke non fill shape in photoshop & i want it a path in illustrator to make the die cut

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Copy/pasting should work, but you could also use Photoshop’s File > Export > Paths to Illustrator.

[marinaw60684703]

copy-paste didn't work and file >export >path it exports nothing

[jane-e]

Hi Marina,

Please show a screen shot of your path with the Paths panel open.

Are you using the Path Selection tool “A” to select the path in Photoshop?

~ Jane

[marinaw60684703]

this is the shape that i want it a path and if i make export , it will be blank like that in AI

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Did you use the Direct Selection Tool (A) to select all Path Points by alt-clicking on the Path before copying?

And the screenshots do not seem to include the Paths Panel at all.

[marinaw60684703]

No direct selection tool in Photoshop dear and there is nothing in AI when i export the shape from PS

[c.pfaffenbichler]

No direct selection tool in Photoshop dear

Of course there is.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

there is nothing in AI when i export the shape from PS

Please post a screenshot with View > Outline.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

And when exporting the Path was the Layer selected and did you select the vector mask in the dialog?

[marinaw60684703]

no it doesn't appear , there is one option only ( Document bounds )

[jane-e]

There is a Direct Selection tool in both PS and AI.

In Photoshop, click the magnifying glass in the upper right.

Start to type "Direct Selection tool" and click the word when it appears to go to the tool.

[marinaw60684703]

yes okay i found it , but still copy & paste not working

[jane-e]

What part is not working?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please post a screenshot after alt-clicking the Path and before copying.

[jane-e]

c.pfaffenbichler, do you recognize this tool? I can't place it.

~ Jane

[c.pfaffenbichler]

No, the Move Tool would normally only be the »four arrows«.

Is a 3D object involved?

Do you get a name-display when you hover the cursor over it?

[pixxxelschubser]

c.pfaffenbichler  schrieb

No, the Move Tool would normally only be the »four arrows« …

This is the Move Tool. But only in older versions, IMO from the beginning till CS6.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Ah, it’s been a while …

[pixxxelschubser]

Upps, I was wrong.

A little journey into the past:

PS 1, PS 2 and PS 2.5 didn't have layers - and no Move Tool

PS 3 and PS 4 did have the same Move Tool as now - only the "Four-Arrow-Cursor"

and in all versions from PS 5.0 til PS CS6 was the Move Tool as shown by jane-e​ (with little changes from version to version).

The current icon for the move tool is the same as in PS 3.0 (codename "Merlin Brimstone" released in Nov 1992)

[jane-e]

https://forums.adobe.com/people/pixxxel+schubser  wrote

in all versions from PS 5.0 til PS CS6 was the Move Tool as shown by jane-e (with little changes from version to version).

marinaw60684703 , can you tell us your version? My screen shot was a close-up from your screenshot, and it will help us to give you accurate information.

[jane-e]

I use the Path Selection tool to select the path in PS, but either will work.

Your screen shot showed Layers, and we need to see the Paths panel. Your screen shot showed a path that is not selected. It has to be selected.

When you paste to Illustrator, you get this message. Choose the first one — fully editable.

The path will come in with no fill and no stroke, so give it a stroke color. Otherwise you will not see it once it is deselected.

[pixxxelschubser]

marinaw60684703  schrieb

this is the shape that i want it a path and if i make export …

The only object which could be a shape --> seems to be a Vector Smart Object in Group 1

IMO you can't select it with Path Selection Tool or Direct Selection Tool.

That's why -->

right click on the Vector Smart Object layer in Layers panel and choose

Export Contents…

[meganchi]

I noticed your smart object layer appears locked. Unlock it by clicking on the padlock icon.

If on a Mac, hold down the command key and click on the layer containing your outline shape. This should make a selection around your shape. Now open the paths palette. On the flyout menu, select "make work path". Set your tolerance to 1 or 2 pixels and click ok. Next, in your path palette flyout menu, select "save path". Finally, go to File, Export, "paths to illustrator".

This will prompt you to save the path file in .ai format. Now open the file in Illustrator and you can use it as a vector path.

[pixxxelschubser]

Hi meganchi​,

that could be a "workaround".

But why changing a Vector Smart Objekt into a selection only for creating a path from that selection?

Is that wise?