Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Auto-Sliced.
The side tile is sliced diagonally, and the pieces come together,
similar to a miter joint in a wooden picture frame.
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Auto-Overlap.
Copies of the tiles overlap at the corner.
9.
Choose Auto-Between from the menu. This generates the outer corner of any path
that the Pattern brush will be applied to from the rope.
10.
Click OK. The Border brush appears in the Brushes panel.
Applying a Pattern brush
In this section, you'll apply the Border Pattern brush to a rectangular border around the art-
work. As you've seen, when you use drawing tools to apply brushes to artwork, you first
draw the path with the drawing tool, and then select the brush in the Brushes panel to apply
the brush to the path.
1.
Choose View > Fit Artboard In Window.
2.
With the Selection tool (
) selected, click the white stroke of the rectangle on the
border.
3.
In the Tools panel, click the Fill box and make sure that None (
) is selected.
Then click the Stroke box and select None ( ).
4.
With the rectangle selected, click the Border brush in the Brushes panel.
