Modifying existing brushes
You can modify existing brushes. When you change the options of a brush, you can apply the changes to brush strokes already drawn in the artwork with the brush, or apply the changes to new strokes only. You can also change the brush stroke options of a selected object without affecting other objects in the artwork and without changing the brush's attributes.
To modify an existing brush: - Double-click the brush in the Brushes palette, or select the brush and choose Brush Options from the palette menu.
- Choose an option for applying changes to pre-existing strokes:
- Click Apply To Strokes to change pre-existing strokes. (The modified brush will be applied to new strokes as well.)
- Click Leave Strokes to leave pre-existing strokes unchanged, and apply the modified brush to new strokes only.
- Change options, and click OK.
To change options of a selected object without changing the brush attributes for all objects: - Select a brush in the artwork.
- Choose Options of Selected Object from the Brushes palette menu, or click the Options of Selected Object button
in the palette. - Change the options, and click OK. Only the selected objects are changed with the new options. Any other objects in the artwork that were painted with the brush remain with the original brush attributes. Attributes of the brush are not affected; the next time you use the brush, it uses the current attributes.
Note: To reset changed objects to the original brush options, select the objects, apply a different brush to them, and then reapply the original brush.
To modify brushes by dragging into your artwork: - Select a brush from the Brushes palette.
- Drag the brush into your artwork.
- Make the changes you want.
Drag the modified brush into the Brushes palette.
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