Operation Manual

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USING ILLUSTRATOR
Painting
Last updated 11/8/2011
2 Select the Bristle Brush option and click OK.
Bristle Brush Options dialog box
3 In the Bristle Brush Options dialog box, specify:
Name of the bristle brush. Maximum length of the brush name can be 31 characters.
Shape Select from ten different brush models, which provide a different drawing experience and appearance of
bristle brush paths.
Size Brush size is the diameter of the brush. Like a physical media brush, the Bristle brush diameter is measured at
the point where the bristles meet the handle (the ferrule). Specify the brush size using the slider or directly entering
the size in the available text field. Range can be between 1mm and 10mm.
Brush size from the original Brush definition is displayed in Brush preview in the Brushes panel.
Note: The bracket keys, [ and ], are used as shortcuts for decreasing and increasing the size, respectively. The bracket
keys increase and decrease the size in 1mm increments.
Bristle Length The bristle length starts from the point where the bristles meet the handle of the bristle tip. The
length of the bristles can be specified in the same way as other bristle brush options, by dragging the Bristle Length
slider, or specifying the exact value in the Bristle Length field (25% to 300%).
Bristle Density The bristle density is the number of bristles in a specified area of the brush neck. You can set this
attribute in the same way as other bristle brush options. It ranges between 1% and 100%, and is calculated based on
the brush size and bristle length.
Bristle Thickness The bristle thickness can vary from fine to coarse (between 1% and 100%). Set the bristle
thickness like other bristle brush settings, by dragging the slider, or specifying the thickness value in the field.
Paint Opacity This option lets you set the opacity of the paint being used. The paint opacity can vary between 1%
(Translucent) and 100% (opaque). The specified opacity value is the maximum opacity used in the brush. You can
use the numeric keys[0-9] as shortcut to set the opacity of bristle brush strokes where:
• 0 = 100
• 1 = 10%
• 9 = 90