Vector path stroke

I have a path drawn which I stroked. However, this stroke is raster and I really need a vector line to be drawn instead. How can I create a vector path stroke?

With your Path active, add a Solid Color Fill Layer, and add a Layer Style with Stroke enabled and the Fill set to zero.
Note that this will only work if you are dealing with closed paths, like an elipse or recangle. If the paths are open, Layer Styles Stroke acts as if they are closed. If your paths are open, you really need Illustrator to keep the strokes vector.

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I'm trying to take a vector object, say a flower, offset a path then get a vector path around the outside edge of the offset. I take my flower, add a stroke, offset that stroke then select Add from Pathfinder which gives me visually the exact offset peri

I'm trying to take a vector object, say a flower, offset a path then get an independent vector path around the outside edge of the offset.
I take my flower, add a stroke, offset that stroke, then select Add from Pathfinder which gives me visually the exact offset perimeter shape I'm looking for. The problem is that it isn't a vector path in it's own right. Is there a way to get Illustrator to recognize the offset stroke as it's own vector path?
Please forgive me if my terminology is off as I'm not a formally trained graphic artist.

CS6 : How to convert a path stroke in a vector shape ?

Hello,
When you use the Photoshop CS6 new function stroke on the path of a vector shape, how can you convert the result in a vector shape ?
Merging multiple vector shapes doesn't work. The strokes outlines are not vectorized in the new vector shape.
It's possible to convert in pixel and keep the stroke drawing, but no way to convert in vector.
Illustrator has a similar function in order to vectorize the stroke.
Thanks for your help

Yes, I misunderstood.
Photoshop has no command to directly create a new vector path from the outline of a stroke.
You could try making Path from Selection. With the Shape on a white background, click on the pink with the Magic Wand Tool with options as shown below:

How can I create a vector path boundary around an image?

I have enclosed a screenshot of an image created in Photoshop CS4 with a wacom. It shows a grey boundary stroke around the entire image which was created with edit/stroke, then color and width of stroke selected.
What I want to do is to bring this image into Illustrator CS4 and create a vector path boundary aroun d the image in the same way as the stroke boundary in Photoshop. But I dont know how to do thatx except by doing it manually with the pen tool.
Does anyone know if it is possible to create a vector path around the image in a similar way that I created the stroke line around the image in Photoshop?
I need the vector path to make a cutting line for a laser cutter, which works with vector files.
Thanks for any advice about this.

Not only should you draw the cut path deliberately with the Pen Tool, but that entire illustration should have been drawn as vector paths to begin with. In fact, if it were me, I would do that now anyway. It's nicely done, but illustrations like that are much more versatile and valuable as a vector drawings, because they are infinitely scaleable withou degradation of sharpness.
Had it been drawn as vector paths, generating the outset cut line could be semi-automated by merging a copy of all the paths and then just outsetting the resulting path.
Vector illustrations like that, consisting of just a few colored fills and strokes, can be entirely cut and assembled from sign vinyl at any scale, rather than resorting to merely printing the artwork and then cutting around it.
Edits (recoloring, reshaping) can be easily made to vector paths without degradation, because each path is a separate object.
And whenever you do need a raster image, a raster image suitable for any purpose can be exported from a vector drawing at any time. Each such rasterization is pristine, because no re-rasterization is involved.
Not meaning to preach you a sermon; it just seems so many visitors here who have only used raster imaging don't even understand the reasons why vector drawing exists. This kind of graphic begs to be created as vector paths, and is also the very kind which would be ideal for vector-drawing beginners to start with. So it's just a good case-in-point.
JET

How can I create a vector (editable) stroke?

All of the tutorials I've found address how to create a stroke from a path, but that stroke is not editable. What I'd like to do is create a vector shape that is only a stroke, not a closed shape. Thanks!

If you create a vector path and save it in the path palette you can edit it. When you stroke a vector your laying down pixels. Pixels can be edited however not with vector tools. If you want to be able to edit a stroked path using vector graphics a good method is to add and empty layer and stroke that layer. When you want to edit the stroke you delete that stroked layer. Add a new empty layer edit the saved path and stroke the edited path.

Slow, Blinking, Sluggish, Vector Path Tool

I am having problems with very sluggish tool performance in
both Fireworks and Flash drawing tools. I shyed away from
Macromedia applications in the past due to their sluggish, awkward
interface. I don't think any of that has improved.
So someone give me a clue as to sluggish tool peformance. For
instance, when using the Vector Path tool, it feels heavy and
sluggish and very innacurate and takes forever to update a stroke
let alone it blinks on and off as soon as I select the tool.

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Vector path edit window won't open

Hello,
A bit earlier today, I was able to select a vector path, click the options arrow, select Edit path... and get a dialog of options to choose (Ink percent, Spacing, etc.). Now I can do all those things still, but the dialog of path edit options does not appear.
Also, earlier today, I saved a set of path options I had chosen, but it never appeared among the paths available to choose. When I went through the process again and tried to save, I was asked if I wanted to overwrite what I saved earlier. So it did save earlier, but never showed up for me to choose.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Be careful of your terminology; I think you're talking about strokes and brush options, not vector paths.
The Edit Strokes panel (a.k.a. Advanced stroke options) is available from within the Properties panel in two locations. The most direct route is the Edit Stroke button, but this doesn't appear for all selections or tools—for example, you'll find it when either the Ellipse or Polygon tools are selected, but not when the Rectangle tool is selected. The other, indirect route is through the Stroke presets/categories menu, at the bottom of the menu, under Stroke Options. In the resulting panel, you'll see an "Advanced" button that leads to the same Edit Stokes panel.
Once you've saved a custom stroke, it should appear within the Stroke presets/categories menu in the Properties panel, assuming a vector tool (or vector object on the canvas) has been selected. (That said, I've never actually saved a custom stroke myself.) Try looking for it under whatever category the original stroke belonged to—e.g., Basic, Airbrush, Calligraphy, Charcoal, etc.

Illustrator 6.0 vector paths, when opened in Illustrator CC are now all broken into segments?

Illustrator 6.0 vector paths, when opened in Illustrator CC are now all broken into segments at key points (ie. a circle, has become a series of 4 quarter circle lines. Has anyone experienced this and is there a quick fix? I still have both Illustrator versions installed and can go back to use the original files, however I'd like to upgrade smoothly without having to redo all my vectors!

That is strange sounds like what happens when you open a die built in autocad, in illustrator. What happens if you paste a CS6 path into CC?

Vector path manipulation in CS6

Evening all,
Back in Photoshop CS3 (I skipped from CS3 to CS6, so no idea if you could do this in any other versions) if you CTRL clicked on a vector path between two anchor points, you could change the 'guidelines' extending from the anchor point either side of the line, and it would keep the lines at the same angle. However in CS6, when you do this it changes the angle of both of the lines. Is there a way to do it as it was done in CS3 ?
Sorry if I explained this badly, if you need some better explanation please let me know and I'll get an image to show what I mean
Many thanks
-Josh

In the Options bar, enable "Constrain Path Dragging".

Photoshop cs 6 vector path: unintentional duplications

When trying to change or manipulate a vector path (e.g. deleting, moving a point) the complete vector duplicates unintendedly.
I worked with CS4 before and never had this problem.

It happens with every tool: see the screenshots:

Vector path tool question

Is there a way to make an irregular shape with multiple
vector path lines and then fill this shape with color? I tried this
with a shape like a box but with curves and straight lines but it
won't fill correctly. I did join the multiple lines together but
the curved lines fill independently. I know there has got to be a
way to do this, but can't figure it out. I did try different things
with combining/altering the path but was unsuccessful. If there is
a way to fill this shape with color as a single object, can effects
be used such as bevel/emboss on this shape? Any help would be
greatly appreciated.

I suggest you view this tutorial. It will show you the basics
of the Pen
Tool.
http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=D01EF
In order to join to paths you have to use the Subselect Tool,
select two
points you want to join then go to Modify > Combine >
Join.
You can also use the Subselect Tool to drag an end point
close to the
other end point. As you get close it will snap into place.
The Subselect Tool is the white looking arrow to the right of
the black
one at the top of the Tools Panel.
alex
P-C-Surgeonz wrote:
> I thought the 'Join' or 'Union' was closing the path. Is
there a different
> procedure for closing the path? I do notice that if I
zoom in to approx. 800%,
> the ends of the pen lines are close to each other but
are not exact. Is there a
> way to connect the multiple connection lines. When I
originally joined/unioned
> these multiple lines, they did become one when selected,
but maybe this still
> isn't a closed path.
>

Vector path offset

I'm trying to make a vector path and it is constantly being offset by a factor of 4.17. For example, if I make a line from point 100,100 to 200,200, it acutally makes the line from 417,417 to 834, 834.
I'm guessing this has something to do with the image resolution being 300 dpi versus 72 dpi, because 300/72 = 416.6. However, I have no idea how to communicate to photoshop to actually make the line at 100,100 to 200,200.
Any ideas? Here's some example code I took from the scripting guide that shows what I'm doing:
function drawLine(doc, start, stop) {
var startPoint = new PathPointInfo();
startPoint.anchor = start;
startPoint.leftDirection = start;
startPoint.rightDirection = start;
startPoint.kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT;
var stopPoint = new PathPointInfo();
stopPoint.anchor = stop;
stopPoint.leftDirection = stop;
stopPoint.rightDirection = stop;
stopPoint.kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT;
var spi = new SubPathInfo();
spi.closed = false;
spi.operation = ShapeOperation.SHAPEXOR;
spi.entireSubPath = [startPoint, stopPoint];
var line = doc.pathItems.add("Line", [spi]);
line.strokePath(ToolType.PENCIL);
line.remove();
drawLine(app.activeDocument, [100,100], [200,200]);
thanks!!

function drawLine(doc, start, stop) {
var startPoint = new PathPointInfo();
startPoint.anchor = start;
startPoint.leftDirection = start;
startPoint.rightDirection = start;
startPoint.kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT;
var stopPoint = new PathPointInfo();
stopPoint.anchor = stop;
stopPoint.leftDirection = stop;
stopPoint.rightDirection = stop;
stopPoint.kind = PointKind.CORNERPOINT;
var spi = new SubPathInfo();
spi.closed = false;
spi.operation = ShapeOperation.SHAPEXOR;
spi.entireSubPath = [startPoint, stopPoint];
var line = doc.pathItems.add("Line", [spi]);
line.strokePath(ToolType.PENCIL);
line.remove();
var orig_ruler_units = app.preferences.rulerUnits;
var res = app.activeDocument.resolution;
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS; // Set the ruler units to PIXELS
app.activeDocument.resizeImage(app.activeDocument.width.value,app.activeDocument.height.value,72);
drawLine(app.activeDocument, [100,100], [200,200]);
app.preferences.rulerUnits = orig_ruler_units; // Reset units to original settings
app.activeDocument.resizeImage(app.activeDocument.width.value,app.activeDocument.height.value,res);

Looking for free vector brush strokes (not brushes)

Hi,
I'm looking for free vector brush strokes. Not brushes, but actual pre-drawn brush strokes, in vector format (looks something like this).
The first few pages of Google results yield pay websites, and I just didn't have the patience to keep hunting for the free ones. Can someone help me cut to the chase?
Thanks!

If those are vector shapes, they'd need a million points each!
This claims to be a Shape though, and they pretty rough round the edges.
http://myphotoshopbrushes.com/custom_shapes/id/2032/
Google Photoshop "Brush Shapes". The quotes should make a difference.

Single vector path possible?

Is it possible for Ideas to create a single vector path? Even when I use the smallest brush size (0.5) when I import into Illustrator the path is more like an ellipse. I'd like to be able to trace an image and have my tracing represent a single individual vector path.
Am I missing something or is this not yet possible with ideas? If not, anyone else have any suggestions for an iPad app that will let me trace images? Thanks.

Ideas is designed to create closed vector paths. If you are familiar with Illustrator, it is analogous to using the "Blob Brush" tool. There is currently no way to create an open vector path using Ideas.
Hope that helps,
Frank
Ideas Engineering

Path Stroke not working properly CS6?

Hello, I am using a work path in Photoshop CS6 with maybe 2-300 unique lines. The issue is that when I attempt to stroke the path, only about 80% of the lines get stroked, and some are incomplete or are a slightly different (thinner) width.
Here is what I am doing to get this result: I have linked the path to a blank layer via layer>vector mask>current path, selecting the brush tool, and pressing stroke path in the layer toolbar.
Any ideas? You are appreciated!
Should all be thick black lines around each housing lot, but this is what I keep getting.
Thanks

Should all be thick black lines around each housing lot, but this is what I keep getting.
Then you should not have applied the Vector Mask to the Layer.

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