Flash to Illustrator

I've traced over an image in Flash using the Pen Tool and
want to open it in
Illustrator - any way to do this whilst keeping the vector
data?

Thanks, I'll try the 'convert lines to fills' and see if that
makes any
difference :-)
"clbeech" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:fqjphb$8r$[email protected]..
> did you use the 'bitmap trace' tool - this would be an
'automated' method
> to
> convert a bitmap image to 'vector' artwork, Flash's
bitmap trace has a
> very
> good algorithm, and is as good as many on the market.
>
> however if you've used the pen tool by hand (as you
indicate) it's
> possible
> that the stoke size is not getting transfered to a
'brush' in AI. One
> thing
> you could try is to 'convert lines to fills' in Flash,
this will create
> outline
> paths, then copy and paste to AI.
>
> (it's also possible that you may have 'missed' an area
or two :)
>

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This is a problem I've had since Flash 8: when doing a
copy/paste from Flash to Illustrator (on Windows), there's extreme
degradation of the artwork, sometimes to the extent that no actual
art is even copied. All the curves seem to be approximated with
straight line segments, but at some point it just seems to give up
even trying, leaving an unidentifiable blob for most of the object.
As I said, sometimes it doesn't even copy anything at all -- all
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2004. What could possibly have changed? I was sure with CS3 it
would be fixed, but it wasn't. I haven't tried Illustrator CS4 yet,
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test it, create a piece of art with plenty of curves and several
colors in Flash, then copy and paste it into an illustrator
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indicate it is, why hasn't it been fixed in two major revisions of
the software? Is Adobe even aware of it? If not, how can I let them
know? I'm getting majorly sick of having to deal with it.
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Hi,
The integration between Flash CS3 and Illustrator means you
can copy objects from Illustrator to Flash and i think if you copy
from Flash to illustrator or Photoshop, you would not get a good
results.
You can solve your problem by exporting your Flash work as
.AI.
Your idea about the ability to copy from Flash to Illustrator
is a good idea although Illustrator can not read some of the Flash
imported information correctly. But it is still a good enahcement
idea. There is a link where you can add suggestions but I do not
remember it and I am replying using mobile, so my browsing
capabilities is limited.
I will try to post the link here when I got to my back normal
connection
Thanks alot!!

Copy and paste text and graphics between Flash and Illustrator

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quote:
Originally posted by:
fxgoddess
I would agree about creating the original files in flash,
however illustrator is a much more sophisticated tool for the type
of illustration that I'm doing.
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sophisticated; I find it a troublesome, overly technical nightmare
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you use in Illustrator will be lost in Flash. Also, pay attention:
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to you once, I guarantee you'll stop creating your Flash projects
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Hello- question from an illustrator to flash workflow n00b.
I'm creating a flash experience with animated characters.
I'm building my art assets in illustrator.
I've found it relatively easy & straightforward to import assets from illustrator into flash.
I can conveniently import my layers and symbols from illustrator as separate layers and symbols in flash and manipulate them.
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~ sae

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