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saving a render as a AI file?


huntch3
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Hi everyone

I'm trying to save a render as an AI (adobe illustrator file) so that it saves the lines as vectors only....but when i go to choose the file type to save as, ever possible file type except ai shows up in the list...I have illiustrator...what am I missing??! thanks

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I have a friend that uses Illustrate!. I was fairly impressed with the vector lines it was putting out, and will purchase the next time I need this.

 

There is a demo version... http://www.davidgould.com/Illustrate/IllustrateForMax/Illustrate53.htm

 

....Technically, if your using MR, you can render directly to a postscript file when using the contour shaders. The PS file can be opened in Illustrator, but the data is pretty much junk.

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I know I use to use a programmed called "Corel Draw" years ago and it had a CorelTrace that did a pretty good job. Check AI - there must be a similar tool in there.

 

Yeah there is Live Trace and Live Paint under the Object Menu which does this. You will probbaly have to play around with the settings to get anything close to decent though.

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