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Click Leave Strokes to leave pre-existing strokes unchanged, and apply the modified
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brush to new strokes only.
3 Change options, and click OK.
To change options of a selected object without changing the brush attributes for all
objects:
1 Select a brush in the artwork.
2 Choose Options of Selected Object from the Brushes palette menu, or click the Options
of Selected Object button
3 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:
1 Select a brush from the Brushes palette.
2 Drag the brush into your artwork.
3 Make the changes you want.
Drag the modified brush into the Brushes palette.
Using the brush libraries
You can import brushes from other Adobe Illustrator files into a palette associated with
the current file using the Brush Libraries command. These libraries are stored in the
Brushes folder, located in the Presets folder inside the Adobe Illustrator application folder.
You cannot add, delete, or edit brushes in a library; however, once you import a brush,
you can change its attributes.
To import a brush from a Brush Library to the current Brushes palette:
1 Make sure the Brushes palette into which you want to import a brush is open.
2 Choose Window > Brush Libraries > Brush Library name. To locate a Brush Library not
stored in the Brushes folder, choose Window > Brush Libraries > Other Library.
3 Select the brush you want, and then if the brush does not automatically appear in the
Brushes palette, do one of the following:
Use the selected brush in the current artwork (recommended for one or two brushes at
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a time). Once you use it in the artwork, the brush is copied from the Brush Library to the
Brushes palette.
Drag the selected brush to the current Brushes palette (recommended for multiple
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brushes at a time).
To have a Brush Library appear in the Brush Libraries menu:
1 Drag the Brush Library file into the Brushes folder.
2 Restart Adobe Illustrator.
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