illy vector to ps shape, help please!

Cat · 02-11-2005, 03:21 AM

Hi there. First off, hello! I seem to have found some super nice forums here.....and I'm wondering if perhaps someone could shed some light on this little problem i have come across:

i'm exporting vectors into ps7, to convert them to shapes.

when i use shapes that are closed, it works fine. but when i have an open shape it closes the path up automatically.

how can i fix this. i've looked and looked and i'm sure it's the simplest thing.

save me

Patrick Shannon · 02-11-2005, 03:29 AM

Look at your shape in Illustrator, are you sure there is absolutely NO FILL applied to that line? Even a solid white might disguise it and mess it up.

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Cat · 02-11-2005, 03:46 AM

thanks for the quick reply

here's a screenshot of my illy workspace. yeah, i made sure that the shape was not filled.

Cat · 02-11-2005, 03:48 AM

ok wait....would a stroke be considered fill? crap now im getting worried. if i don't stroke, how do i make the line the thickness i want

Craig B · 02-11-2005, 03:55 AM

If I'm not half asleep (which I could be) ... it looks like you just need to convet your path to a shape (object/path/outline stroke) and then you have a fill which whould go into photoshop nicely.

If I am half asleep and this doesn't help at all, i apologize.

Cat · 02-11-2005, 03:58 AM

ok i did that but it closes the path up.i dont want that, i just want the swirl to be like it is.

Patrick Shannon · 02-11-2005, 04:27 AM

Naw, the stroke isn't a fill, that's fine. I asked because that preview window looks identical to what happens when you apply a fill to an unclosed line in Illustrator.

To tell you the truth, I rasterize my stuff coming out of Illustrator as it's going into Photoshop, so I don't fool with the Shapes option very much...thus I'm personally stumped.

Patrick Shannon

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My War With Culture
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Cat · 02-11-2005, 04:39 AM

what i think i have to do is define a start and end to that path. but i don't know how. that way when i import the vector, photoshop won't close the path.

TBdesign · 02-11-2005, 06:16 AM

check your path pallete in ps on top, make sure it is not set to fill it

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