New tool -Sketch to Vector just one click | Illustrator Tutorial

Hi everyone, Adobe Illustrator has been rolling out a ton of new features lately. In this video, I'm going to introduce the Sketch to Vector function. You might think it simply converts sketches into vector files, but after testing it out myself, I found it can do so much more than that. As of the day I'm filming this, it's still in the beta version. If you want to give it a try, you'll need to download it from the Adobe website. I think it might take a little while before it's available in the official release. Now, take a look at this sketch example. Once you drag your image in, you'll see the Sketch to Vector button on the contextual taskbar. Just click it, it's that easy. You'll also see a box where you can enter a prompt, though it's totally optional. You can select the model you want to use. Right here, I'm going with Nano Banana 2. But what I really want you to do is check out the settings. You'll find plenty of ready-to-use presets in there. You'll need to spend a little time playing around with it. For now, I'm selecting line art and then hitting the generate button. Let's wait a second, and here's the result. Let's check the paths. You can see it came out as a stroke, which means we can easily adjust the weight using the stroke panel. You can tweak the paths just like usual, and honestly, the smoothness of the generated lines is pretty impressive, very clean, and ready to use. I personally view it as a form of tracing, and Adobe Illustrator already has built-in tools for converting images traditionally. That's image trace. However, I think Sketch to Vector is significantly smarter. You don't have to mess around with settings too much because it provides ready-to-use styles. If I were to use this same image with the standard image trace function, it would require a fair amount of knowledge regarding settings and adjustments, even if I use the line art preset. The lines are incomplete. I tried increasing the threshold, which added more lines, but it's still not quite what I'm looking for. If you're aiming for smooth, clean lines, it becomes very difficult to achieve. Sketch to Vector works with just one click. It's as if the AI actually understands which lines to keep and which ones to discard. Take a look at this example. I tried using a photo with the Sketch to Vector feature, and this is the result. If you want to turn your own photo or drawing into a cartoon, I'd definitely recommend giving this a try. The lines come out pretty clean, and the anchor points aren't overly complex, so it's basically ready to use right away. No need for further adjustments, but let me break it down for you. Right-click and choose Ungroup All. Vectors generated by AI often have a structure where shapes overlap and actually cut into the objects underneath. If you're not too picky, it's totally usable. But for those who care about clean structure, this might be a bit of an issue. When a human draws, we usually don't cut into the shape underneath without a good reason. For things like wrinkles or small details, simply drawing over the top is more than enough. There's no need to punch through the shape like this. All right, let me show you the geometric style. This is what it looks like. Let's tweak the color of this part a bit. Right-click, select Ungroup All, then use the eyedropper tool to pick the color you want. Since this style usually comes out in black and white, you can use the recolor feature to change it. Try using Generative Color. Just pick one of the preset color styles and click Generate. Or you can use the color library to choose from existing color palettes in the program. For example, I'm using a corporate style. You can select the number of colors and adjust each one however you like. There are actually quite a few ways to do this. So feel free to experiment and see what works best for you. Thanks for watching and I'll see you in the next video.