Bristle brush – Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 User Manual
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Painting
Last updated 6/5/2015
A Stretch To Fit B Add Space To Fit C Approximate Path
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.
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Bristle brush
Bristle brush allows you to create brush strokes with the appearance of a natural brush with bristles. With Bristle brush,
you can:
• Create natural and fluid brush strokes that simulate the effects of painting with real brushes and media such as water
color.
• Select brushes from a predefined library or create your own brushes from the provided tip shapes such as round,
flat, or fan. You can also set other brush characteristics such as bristle length, stiffness, and paint opacity.
When you use Bristle brush with a graphic tablet, Illustrator interactively tracks the movements of the stylus over the
tablet. It interprets all aspects of its orientation and pressure input at any point along a drawing path. Illustrator provides
the output that is modeled on the stylus’s x-axis position, y-axis position, pressure, tilt, bearing, and rotation.