New user question, can’t find answer in help file re: converting 2d to 3d…

[Joe Bird]

No you cannot use an image file to make an ordinary 3d object, the 3d world is made up of vectors (sort of). The .ai files must be “merged” with the scene. Its like importing.

[Adam Trachtenberg]

Make sure you save out to .ai version 8 or below.

[Phoenix Studios]

Thanks for your help u two, but you can take a 2d shape and extrude to 3d using what, vectorizer and Nurbs?

I keep running into a brick wall with illustrator 12.01, it can’t save/export anything usuable in c4d or other programs. I think my install is hosed, but tried a clean install with no luck. Is anyone else having problems with Illustrator lastest and greatest. If i try to save to web, I also just get a blank or transparent gif.

And HOLY COW WHERE IS THE Creative Cow Illustrator forum? Do we have one, or I am so blind from drawing lines in Illustrator I just can’t see it in the list…
jigs

[Kathlyn Lindeboom]

[herojig] “And HOLY COW WHERE IS THE Creative Cow Illustrator forum?”

Our Illustrator forum is combined with the Photoshop forum: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator. You can find it in the list with the other Adobe products.

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_view_posts.cgi?forumid=58

Kathlyn Lindeboom
The Mistress of Mmmooooo!

[Phoenix Studios]

Thanks mooistress…and as it should be merged, if only Adobe would get that point for release 10 of PS…
jigs