What is Text to Vector Graphic in Adobe Illustrator?

Text to Vector Graphic, powered by the latest Adobe Firefly Vector Model, delivers a wide variety of outputs, such as scenes, subjects, and icons, to help you finish your designs faster. With enhanced generative controls, vectors are easier to create, edit, and scale to your unique creative style.

How can generative AI be used to generate vector images?

Illustrator is one of the Creative Cloud apps that natively integrates Adobe Firefly, Adobe’s powerful generative AI technology. Text to Vector Graphic, Text to Pattern, Generative Shape Fill, and Generative Recolor generate editable vectors that can easily be scaled.

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Design custom vector graphics.

Explore and refine scenes, subjects, and icons quickly with the smartest Text to Vector Graphic yet. Create, edit, and scale vector graphics that match your style.

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Turn your visions into vector graphics.

Spark your imagination, iterate on design concepts, and swiftly create fully editable graphics with Text to Vector Graphic. Just type a simple description to generate scalable, customizable subjects, scenes, and icons. The AI vector generator kickstarts your design, letting you refine and personalize the output. Plus, use your own artwork as a reference to create on-brand assets for websites, product labels, and more.

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Edit and customize.

Illustrations generated with Text to Vector Graphic are fully editable, infinitely scalable, and created on their own new layer. Use the precise editing tools in Illustrator to tweak every part of your graphic to create a totally one-of-a-kind design that you can use anywhere.

Design bold scenes and beyond.

With Text to Vector Graphic you can tailor your results for specific design outcomes. Choose from Scene, Subject, and Icon outputs to make the exact vector graphic you need, whether that’s a simple illustration fit for a logo or a unique motif to decorate packaging.

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Make designs in your own style.

Use your own artwork as a reference image to generate new vectors in a similar style. Quickly create complementary images for social media and beyond — high quality, quick-turn marketing graphics are just a few taps away.

Brainstorm and find inspiration.

Starting a new project? From mood boards to finished work, easily generate and explore similar graphics in various styles, themes, and colors with Text to Vector Graphic. Ideal for personal and team projects and all safe for commercial use.

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How to use Text to Vector Graphic.

Open Illustrator.
If you don’t have an Illustrator subscription, sign up for a free trial. If you have Illustrator, make sure to update your app to get all the latest features like Text to Vector Graphic.
Locate the Text to Vector Graphic tools.
Create a new project in Illustrator or open a pre-existing one. The Contextual Task Bar will appear at the bottom of your workspace, and settings will appear in the Properties panel.
Generate your graphic.
Type a description like “giraffe head peeking at you” into the prompt field in the taskbar. Click Generate. Thumbnails of graphic options will appear in the Properties panel. Select an option to view it on your canvas. Learn more about how to write AI art prompts that get results.
Fine-tune your results.
Adjust the settings before you generate to get a specific outcome. Choose a Type to generate a subject, scene, or icon. Text to Vector Graphic will automatically generate assets in the style of graphics on your artboard unless you click the gear icon and toggle off “Match active artboard style.” Or, you can click the dropper icon to activate the Style Reference and select “Reference Images” to create graphics in that style. Use a blank artboard to generate vectors from only a text prompt.
Edit your vector.
Once you’ve generated an image you like, you can click Done in the taskbar and then perform quick edits like grouping and ungrouping images, duplicating objects, or recoloring. Select Recolor to open the Recolor panel, where you can adjust hues manually, or choose the Generative Recolor option to explore new color palettes with text prompts.
Go further.
Open the Layers panel to select and edit individual parts of your graphic. A generated vector is just the beginning — use the many precise editing tools in Illustrator to make your image your own.

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