Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 204)

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Painting
Last updated 6/5/2015
Brushes panel overview
The Brushes panel (Window > Brushes) displays brushes for the current file. Whenever you select a brush in a brush
library, it is automatically added to the Brushes panel. Brushes that you create and store in the Brushes panel are
associated only with the current file, which means that each Illustrator file can have a different set of brushes in its
Brushes panel.
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Keys for the Brushes panel
Show or hide a type of brush
❖ Choose any of the following from the panel menu: Show Calligraphic Brushes, Show Scatter Brushes, Show Art
Brushes, Show Bristle Brushes, Show Pattern Brushes.
Change the view of brushes
❖ Choose Thumbnail View or List View from the panel menu.
Change the order of brushes in the Brushes panel
❖ 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.
Duplicate a brush in the Brushes panel
❖ Drag the brush onto the New Brush button or choose Duplicate Brush from the Brushes panel menu.
Delete the brushes from the Brushes panel
❖ 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 panel menu.
Work with brush libraries
Brush libraries (Window > Brush Libraries > [library]) are collections of preset brushes that come with Illustrator. You
can open multiple brush libraries to browse through their contents and select brushes. You can also open brush libraries
using the Brushes panel menu.
To automatically open a brush library when you start Illustrator, choose Persistent from the brush library’s panel menu.
Copy brushes from a brush library to the Brushes panel
❖ Drag the brushes to the Brushes panel or choose Add To Brushes from the brush library’s panel menu.
Import brushes into the Brushes panel from another file
1 Choose Window > Brushes Libraries > Other Library and select the file.
2 In the Brush Library panel, click on the individual brush definition or all the brush definitions that you need to
import and select Add To Brushes from the Brush Library panel menu (flyout menu).
Create new brush libraries
1 Add the brushes you want to the Brushes panel, and delete any brushes you don’t want.