Pressure: Like with Random, Pressure uses Minimum and Maximum amounts of variance in the associated option. For example, after you set the Size to a Minimum value of 50% and a Maximum value to 200%, the Scatter brush varies the artwork randomly between half its original size and twice its original size. Random: This method gives you two sliders instead of one so that you can specify Minimum and Maximum amounts of variance in the associated option. The following list describes how each method works:įixed: This method uses the exact value in the associated text box, which you previously specified by using the slider. How the brush uses these values is determined by the method (Fixed, Random, or Pressure) that you select in the drop-down list boxes to the right of each slider. You set the specific amounts for these options by dragging their respective sliders to the left or right. The Scatter brushes repeat and randomize artwork based on four variables: Size, Spacing, Scatter, and Rotation. To access the options of a Scatter brush, double-click any existing Scatter brush to view the Scatter Brush options dialog box (you see the same options when you create a new Scatter brush). Imagine a brush of randomly scattered ladybugs becoming a brush of organized ladybugs that follow the path you create with the brush. Scatter brushes have even more options than Art brushes, but Scatter brushes need more options. How they perform this miracle depends on the colors in the original artwork for the brush and on the specific options you choose.Ĭlick the Tips button for a visual illustration of the various colorization settings.įigure 9-8 shows the same brush with three different sets of options applied to it.įigure 9-9: This artwork is actually a single path used as a Scatter brush. Other settings blend the fill and stroke colors with the artwork. A Method setting of None preserves the original artwork’s colors. The Colorization setting determines whether the brush keeps the colors of the original artwork or replaces them with Fill and Stroke colors from the Toolbox. They are ordinary Illustrator artwork endowed with the power to be brushes, meaning that distinct fill and stroke values are part of the deal.
You can enter a scaling percentage in the Width box.įlip: This option resembles the Direction option, except that it flips the artwork upside down instead of rotating it.Ĭolorization: Brushes have fill and stroke colors of their own. With Proportional option deselected, the artwork stretches. Size: With the Proportional option selected, the artwork grows wider as the path gets longer. This feature is extremely handy because you don’t have to remember what all the different settings do - you can just watch what happens after you change them!ĭirection: This option determines whether the graphic rotates clockwise or counterclockwise (relative to the path) as you stretch it. What you see is what you get - the stroke as it will look if you apply the new changes. Preview: Select the Preview option to see any stroke in your artwork that uses the brush stroke you’re changing. This name appears when you choose View By Name from the Brushes palette pop-up menu. Name: Give the brush a descriptive name here.
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The following list describes how to use some of those options: In the Art Brush Options dialog box are a variety of options to affect the way the brush makes a stroke.
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