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Vanessa243075746f89
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March 4, 2025
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Illustrator 2025 pencil will not edit path anymore. HELP!!!!

Hi everyone,

 

I've been going a bit mad trying to find a fix for the pencil tool issue i'm having. When I draw a shape i'm unable to edit the path with the pencil tool. It draws right over the top of it and creates a new path. This has been happening since I've updated to the 2025 version on my mac (currenlty using version 29.2.1). I've uploaded a quick video of what I'm experiencing. I've been using illustrator for (what feels like) a million years but i'm a bit stumped on something that should be so simple. 

 

Any advice would be ace.

Thanks

Ness

Vanessa243075746f89Correct answer
Participant
March 4, 2025

Solved. 

For anyone wondering. This was yet another setting that I needed to adjust when I updated to Illustrator 2025. My pencil tool reverted the 'Edit selected paths' to 0 pixels. Have this selected and up the pixels and it works! 

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Haicci
Participant
April 26, 2025

I have the same issue, and no matter how many pixels I put in there, the pencil tool keeps drawing a new path. 

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
April 27, 2025

Can you show your pencil settings?

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Vanessa243075746f89Author
Participant
April 27, 2025

Hi Monika,
There is a screen shot of my settings in the solved answer above. Hope this helps 🙂

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Vanessa243075746f89AuthorCorrect answer
Participant
March 4, 2025

Solved. 

For anyone wondering. This was yet another setting that I needed to adjust when I updated to Illustrator 2025. My pencil tool reverted the 'Edit selected paths' to 0 pixels. Have this selected and up the pixels and it works! 

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