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November 29, 2023
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How to open an illustrator file?

Hi, how to open an illustrator file or image in Figma?
unfortunately, the drag option isn’t working.

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Celine_
Celine_Solution
Community Support
November 30, 2023

Hey Mustafa,
At this time we don’t support a direct file import from AI to Figma. As a workaround, we recommend you to export assets as SVG.
One important thing to note about this is that not everything may import into Figma correctly if at all, as SVG code is handled differently between the two programs.
You can find more information in our article how to import SVG to Figma here: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040030374-Copy-assets-between-design-tools

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Celine_
Figmate
Celine_Solution
Community Support
November 30, 2023

Hey Mustafa,
At this time we don’t support a direct file import from AI to Figma. As a workaround, we recommend you to export assets as SVG.
One important thing to note about this is that not everything may import into Figma correctly if at all, as SVG code is handled differently between the two programs.
You can find more information in our article how to import SVG to Figma here: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040030374-Copy-assets-between-design-tools

Kevin_Johnsun
May 2, 2024

Any update on this?
is there any workaround for importing illustrator files without relying on Illustrator itself to export as SVG?

Fay_Nunez
May 3, 2024

Check out this plugin, It lets you import illustrator into Figma without needing illustrator at all.

Figma
Kevin_Johnsun
May 11, 2024

tnx @Fay_Nunez for sharing, this is awesome 👍