Loading a illustrator file as a texture for a material

[worth-lecture]

I am having issues trying to load my ai file into a material . When I try this happens :

[Dr. Sassi]

Hi worth-lecture,

This is expected, as Ai (Illustrator) files are not supported by image files.

You have to export it from Illustrator in a pixel-based format. Vector formats are not supported for that use, so it needs to be converted to a raster-based image format.

All the best