saving selection as vector file

Can anyone tell me how to save a selection as a vector file. I stroked a selection, saved it as an ai file but when I opened it in Illustrator it was a bitmap.

thanks
George.

George Hatsidimitris wrote:

Can anyone tell me how to save a selection as a vector file. I stroked a selection, saved it as an ai file but when I opened it in Illustrator it was a bitmap.

thanks
George.

Use the pen tool, I would say that is the only way.
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Peter

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:50:23 +1100, "George Hatsidimitris" wrote:

Can anyone tell me how to save a selection as a vector file. I stroked a selection, saved it as an ai file but when I opened it in Illustrator it was a bitmap.

stroke selection, then go to Path menu, Make Path, then, export path to Illustrator.

that should work.

good luck.

In article <d1svc6$p8r$>,
"George Hatsidimitris" wrote:

Can anyone tell me how to save a selection as a vector file. I stroked a selection, saved it as an ai file but when I opened it in Illustrator it was a bitmap.

Correct.

You can not save anything that is stroked as a vector. The "stroke" command runs a paintbrush along the edge of the selection. The paintbrush paints raster, not vector.

You use the Pen or Shape tool to make a vector object. Save the result as a PDF and then open the PDf in Illustrator, or copy the Pen path to the Clipboard and paste it in Illustrator.

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