Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 - Manual (Page 209)

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Painting
Last updated 6/5/2015
Rotation Relative To Sets the angle of rotation for scattered objects relative to the page or the path. For example, if you
select Page, at 0° of rotation, objects point to the top of the page. If you select Path, at 0° of rotation, objects are tangent
to the path.
The pop-up list to the right of each option lets you control variations in the shape of the brush. Select one of the
following options:
Fixed Creates a brush with a fixed size, spacing, scattering, and rotation.
Random Creates a brush with random variations in size, spacing, scattering, and rotation. Enter a value in the Variation
box to specify the range within which the brush characteristic can vary. For example, when the Diameter value is 15
and the Variation value is 5, the diameter can be 10, or 20, or any value in between.
Pressure Creates a brush that varies in angle, roundness, or diameter based on the pressure of a drawing stylus. This
option is available only if you have a graphics tablet. Enter a value in the rightmost box, or use the Maximum slider.
Pressure uses the Minimum value for the lightest tablet pressure and the Maximum value for the heaviest pressure.
When you choose this setting for Diameter, the heavier the stroke, the larger the objects.
Stylus Wheel Creates a brush that varies in diameter based on manipulation of the stylus wheel. This option is available
only if you have a graphics tablet that has a stylus wheel on its barrel and can detect input from that pen.
Tilt Creates a brush that varies in angle, roundness, or diameter based on the tilt of a drawing stylus. It is available only
if you have a graphics tablet that can detect how close to vertical the pen is.
Bearing Creates a brush that varies in angle, roundness, or diameter based on the bearing of a drawing stylus. This
option is most useful when used to control the angle of brushes. It is available only if you have a graphics tablet that can
detect the direction in which the pen is tilted.
Rotation Creates a brush that varies in angle, roundness, or diameter based on how the drawing stylus pen tip is
rotated. This option is most useful when used to control the angle of brushes. It is available only if you have a graphics
tablet that can detect this type of rotation.
Art brush options
Width Adjusts the width of the art relative to its original width. You can specify the width using the Width option slider.
The art brush Width pop-up menu has pen tablet options for adjusting scale variation, such as Pressure, Stylus Wheel,
Tilt, Bearing, and Rotation. The default art brush width is 100%.
note: If you use the Width tool on a particular Art brush stroke instance, all the tablet data is converted to Width points.
Notice that in the Width drop-down list settings, the Width Points/Profiles option is selected.
Brush Scale Options Preserves proportions in scaled art. The options available are: Scale Proportionately, Stretch to Fit
Stroke Length, Stretch Between Guides.
Direction Determines the direction of the artwork in relation to the line. Click an arrow to set the direction: to place
the left side of the art is the end of the stroke; to place the right side of the art is the end of the stroke; to place
the top of the art is the end of the stroke; to place the bottom of the art is the end of the stroke.
Flip Along or Flip Across Change the orientation of the art in relation to the line.
Colorization Pick a color for the stroke and method of colorization. You can select from different colorization methods
using this drop-down list. The options are Tints, Tints and Shades, and Hue Shift.
Overlap To avoid joins and folds of an object’s edges to overlap, you can select the Overlap adjustment button
.
For a video on using the enhanced features of art brushes, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid5214_ai_en .