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with a Bristle brush creates a series of individual vector paths with the brush ap-
plied. This can lead to issues with printing or saving to EPS/PDF or legacy ver-
sions of Illustrator documents. In order to reduce the complexity and number of the
Bristle Brush paths, you can rasterize paths with a Bristle brush applied. Select the
path(s) with the Bristle brush applied, and choose Object > Rasterize.
The Bristle brush and graphic tablets
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 orienta-
tion 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.
—From Illustrator Help
Using Pattern brushes
Pattern brushes paint a pattern made up of separate sections, or tiles . When you apply a
Pattern brush to artwork, different tiles of the pattern are applied to different sections of the
path, depending on where the section falls on the path—the end, middle, or corner. There
are hundreds of interesting Pattern brushes that you can choose from when creating your
own projects, from grass to cityscapes. Next, you'll apply an existing Pattern brush to a
path to create windows on the ship.
1. Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window.
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