It’s easy to create spontaneous painterly and calligraphic marks in Adobe Illustrator-and perhaps with more flexibility than in any other digital medium, thanks to Illustrator’s vector-based strokes. To edit a copy of a brush, drag it to the New Brush icon to duplicate it, and then edit the copy. Excerpted from Adobe Illustrator CS WOW Book (Peachpit Press). Illustrator will ask you if you want to apply the new settings to strokes you’ve already drawn with this brush click Apply to Strokes if you want to do this or click Leave Strokes to apply the new settings only to new strokes. To edit a brush, deselect everything (Edit > Select All), double-click the brush in the Brushes palette, and make changes. If you don’t like a mark: 1) choose Undo to delete it, or 2) use the Direct Selection tool to edit the path, or 3) select the path and try redrawing it using the Paintbrush (to hide or show selection outlines, choose View > Hide/Show Edges). The Paintbrush uses your current stroke color (if there isn’t a stroke color, it will use the previous stroke color or the fill color). ![]() If you don’t have a pressure-sensitive tablet, try Random as a setting for any of the three Brush Options, since Pressure won’t have any effect. For this piece, Steuer chose the following settings: Angle=90°/Fixed Roundness=10%/Fixed Diameter=4 pt/Pressure/Variation=4 pt. Experiment with various settings, name your brush, and click OK. To create a custom brush, click the New Brush icon at the bottom of the palette and click OK for a New Calligraphic Brush. ![]() Customizing the Paintbrush Tool Preferences
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