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ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS2
User Guide
You can customize brush libraries and the Brushes palette in the following ways:
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To show or hide a type of brush, choose any of the following from the palette menu: Show Calligraphic Brushes,
Show Scatter Brushes, Show Art Brushes, Show Pattern Brushes.
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To change the view of brushes, choose Thumbnail View or List View from the palette menu.
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To change the order of brushes in the Brushes palette, drag a brush to a new location. You can move brushes only
within their type. For example, you cannot move a Calligraphic brush to the Scatter brush area.
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To import brushes into the Brushes palette from another file, choose Window > Brushes Libraries > Other Library
and select the file.
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To copy multiple brushes from a brush library to the Brushes palette, drag them to the Brushes palette or choose
Add To Brushes from the brush library’s palette menu.
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To duplicate a brush in the Brushes palette, drag the brush onto the New Brush button
or choose Duplicate
Brush from the Brushes palette menu.
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To delete the brushes from the Brushes palette, select the brushes and click the Delete Brush button
. You can
select brushes that aren’t used in a document by choosing Select All Unused from the Brushes palette menu.
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To create new brush libraries, add the brushes you want to the Brushes palette, and delete any brushes you don’t
want. Then choose Save Brush Library from the Brushes palette menu. If you place the library file in the
Presets/Brushes folder inside the Illustrator folder, the library name will appear in the Brush Libraries menu when
you restart Illustrator. If you don’t, you can still open the library by choosing Window > Brush Libraries > Other
Library and selecting the library file.
See also
“Keys for the Brushes palette” on page 533
To apply brush strokes
You can apply brush strokes to a line created with any drawing tool, including the Pen tool, Pencil tool, or basic shape
tools.
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Select the line, and then select a brush in a brush library, the Brushes palette, or the Control palette.
Alternatively, drag a brush onto the line. If the line already has brush strokes applied to it, then the new brush replaces
the old brush.
When replacing brush strokes with a different brush, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the new brush
to preserve brush-stroke options previously applied to the line.
To draw lines and apply brush strokes simultaneously
1
Select a brush in a brush library or the Brushes palette.
2
Select the Paintbrush tool
.
3
Position the pointer where you want the brush stroke to begin, and drag to draw a line. A dotted line follows the
pointer as you drag.
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Do one of the following:
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To draw an open line, release the mouse button when the line is the desired shape.
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To draw a closed shape, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as you drag. The Paintbrush tool displays
a small loop
. Release the mouse button (but not the Alt or Option key) when you are ready to close the shape.