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Create a line not a filled shape with Adobe Draw

Community Beginner ,
Dec 01, 2015 Dec 01, 2015

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Is it possible to create vector lines not filled shapes in  Adobe Draw and then export the drawing as lines to Illustrator?

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Adobe Employee , Dec 02, 2015 Dec 02, 2015

Hi Paul.

I got an answer for you. Pasting it here word-for-word so nothing gets lost. Hope it helps.

Sue.

"Draw doesnā€™t create strokes, or single paths, but filled objects. Its drawing model is based on the Blob Brush in AI, which letā€™s you ā€œpaintā€ shapes. Not like using the Pen or Pencil tool in Ai, which creates a single path that you can then apply a stroke width or brush.


However, he COULD use Photoshop Sketch, which got the pen and pencil tools from Adobe Line. He can send the Sketch file to AI

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New Here ,
Aug 04, 2017 Aug 04, 2017

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Thank you so much This solution worked for me..

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New Here ,
Dec 10, 2017 Dec 10, 2017

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I've tried sending a test from Adobe Sketch (a simple line using the pencil brush) to Illustrator but 'Expand to Paths' is still greyed out?

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Community Expert ,
Dec 10, 2017 Dec 10, 2017

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Expand is no longer needed for current Draw projects, but is unfortunately not useful for projects from current version of Sketch & Illustrator CC.

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New Here ,
Dec 10, 2017 Dec 10, 2017

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I'd like an update on this app too. This is completely useless if we can have the vector paths. I don't want blob brushes for my drawings!!!

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