# Can I open this in illustrator?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-open-this-in-illustrator/122708
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**Created:** [September 16, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-open-this-in-illustrator/122708 "2004-09-16T07:34:42Z")
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### Author: ![rysolag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@rysolag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rysolag)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/can-i-open-this-in-illustrator/122708/1 "2004-09-16T07:34:42Z")

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Hi,

Can I open an SWF file in illustrator? I can’t seem to figure out how to do it. One of my co-workers said, “Yeah, I’ll give you this SWF and just open it in illustrator and get the different layers like that”. Does this make sense?

thanks