• Adobe Illustrator

  How to embed photos for use as custom brushes in Illustrator CS11 and then make custom brushes in CS11?

  Posted by John Boom on March 17, 2016 at 10:48 pm

  Currently trying to use small png format photos to make my own brushes.

  I get error: “The selected artwork contains an element that cannot be used in a pattern brush.”

  When I try and drag the photos into the brush section to make new brushes.
  I tried embedding the photos but that doesn’t seem to work either.
  Is there an easier way to embed photos for use as well?

  John Boom replied 10 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Kalleheikki Kannisto

  March 18, 2016 at 7:52 am

  I believe you have to trace and expand them so that they become vector images first.
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  John Boom

  March 18, 2016 at 11:44 pm

  Yes I tried that too but every time I try and paste it over it just comes up with that error. The images are embedded format as they require.
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  John Boom

  March 19, 2016 at 8:46 pm

  Thanks everyone but I found out this isn’t possible with this version of Illustrator.

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