Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

1 Create an Adobe Illustrator file containing the brushes you want in the Brush Library.

2 Save the file in the Brushes folder.

3 Restart Adobe Illustrator.

When you work with brushes, keep the following points in mind:

You can often use Scatter brushes and Pattern brushes to achieve the same effect. 

However, one way in which they differ is that Pattern brushes follow the path exactly, 
while Scatter brushes do not.

Arrows in a Pattern brush bend to follow the path (left); arrows remain straight in a Scatter 
brush (right).

If you apply a brush to a closed path and want to control the placement of the end of 

the path, select the scissors tool and split the path. To change again, select the 
endpoints, choose Object >Path > Join, and use the scissors again. (See 

.)

To select all brush stroke paths in the current artwork, choose Select > Object > Brush 

Strokes.

For better performance when creating a brush from art that contains multiple 

overlapping paths filled with the same color and with no stroke, use the Add filter in the 
Pathfinder palette before you create the brush. (See 

). 

There may be times when you want to base a new drawing on an existing piece of 
artwork. For example, you may want to create a graphic based on a pencil sketch drawn 
on paper or on an image saved in another graphics program. In either case, you can bring 
the image into Illustrator and trace over it. You can create a layer to use especially as a 
template. 

You can trace artwork in the following ways, depending on the source of the artwork to 
trace and how you want to trace it:

Use the auto trace tool (ICON) to trace automatically any image you bring into 

Illustrator.

Place any EPS, PDF, or image file into an Illustrator file as a template layer and manually 

trace over it using the pen or pencil tool. (See