The new version of Adobe Illustrator * brings several AI features that could revolutionize how we create vector art. The feature is currently in beta, which mostly means that the results we will achieve with these vector AI tools will rapidly and significantly improve very soon.

- Retype
- Text to Vector
- Recolor
Retype:
- Retype
- Text to Vector
- Recolor
Text to Vector
- Vector images are composed of geometric shapes and paths that can be easily edited.
- Resolution-independent images that be scaled up or down without any loss of quality.
- Subject Illustration
- Icon
- Scene Illustration
- Pattern
How the process works?
- 1. Draw a rectangle to be filled with generated art (alternatively any grouped artwork can be selected to be used as a base for generation).
- 2. Select the type of artwork to be generated (subject, icon, scene, or pattern).
- 3. Click Generate and wait a few seconds.
Generating Vector Scenes with Text to Vector AI
The scene type in AI text to vector graphic generation can be used to generate different types of backgrounds:Â
What are the possible adjustments?
- "Match the selected artboard style" switch can be turned on or off and that will affect the style of the generated artwork.
- There is an option to select the level of detail in the generated artwork. The range is from 1 to 5. (the examples below show how the different detail setting affects the generated results).
- Reference artwork can be selected to be used as a style reference.
Nature Backgrounds
Urban City Backgrounds
Town / Villages Backgrounds
Interior Scene Backgrounds
Generating Vector Subject Illustrations and Icons
There are 2 options to generate illustrations without backgrounds. The selected type must be a subject or an icon. Icons will usually give cleaner and less detailed results. When generating a subject, the end result will often include more paths and colors. Although the level of details is also affected by the level of detail selected in the settings.
The settings that can be adjusted for each generation are similar to the ones described for generating the scene type.
Some prompts will result in very distinct results when switching between icon and subject. Other prompts will result in less significant differences.
Owl Illustration: Icon vs. Subject
Butterfly logo: Icon vs. Subject
Generating Vector Patterns
Another powerful AI vector generation feature is text to pattern. Patterns are excellent at making various design elements, such as objects and text, look more vibrant and eye-catching. Illustrator offers excellent tools for pattern creation. However, making a detailed seamless pattern manually still takes a significant amount of work and time. With the new text to pattern AI, we can generate instantly various vector patterns. We can edit each of the generated patterns just as any manually created vector pattern can. The different elements on the generated pattern can be edited, resized, recolored, repositioned and more.Â
Owl Illustration: Icon vs. Subject
Butterfly logo: Icon vs. Subject
Here is an example of how text to pattern AI feature can be used combined with text to icon AI to create birthday invitation in Adobe Illustrator:
- 1. Draw a square and generate a pattern by typing in a description. We used a very general prompt "birthday" for this.
- 2. Apply the created pattern to the background rectangle of the invitation. (You can find the generated pattern in the swatches panel).
- 3. Draw a square and generate an icon. The prompt used for the cake icon in the below example is: birthday cake on a clear background.
- 4. Add text.
Generative Recolor
What Should Be Improved?
- Sometimes the generated vectors have lots of paths and colors. The extra detail in those results makes the art seem like traced raster images. (Adjusting the type and detail settings can improve the outcome).
- Not enough control over the produced results.
- Currently, there are no fill aware vector generations.
- The fonts currently recognized by the tool need to be listed in Adobe fonts or installed on the personal computer.
- The font is not recognized by the AI tool if the text on the image is not facing forward.
Conclusion
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