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Cannot see brush strokes while drawing

Forum|Forum|5 years ago
March 20, 2020
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I recently just got a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet and I am trying to draw on illstrator using the brush tool. However, whenever I am in the motion of drawing I can't see what I'm drawing until I finish the stroke. I don't have this issue on Photoshop and I have seen videos where people on illustrator don't have this problem, yet I can't find the setting in preferences. How do I resolve this?

Correct answer defaultf0crzg21wmo1

I could not see my strokes until I turned off GPU acceleration.

This is a screenshot of the calligraphic brush preview and the finshed stroke

This is the art brush preview

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hangus.co.id

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did your pressure sensitivity not working as well? Resetting the illustrator preferences just worked for me

Mike_Gondek10189183

Community Expert

Switch to a calligraphy brush, you must be using one of the other type of grush such as an artbrush.

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DeZnas11534645

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makes no difference 😞

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mandyespericueta

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I could not see my strokes until I turned off GPU acceleration.

This is a screenshot of the calligraphic brush preview and the finshed stroke

This is the art brush preview

This also fixed it for me, thank you!!

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default2csy6y5txabu

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I too am having this problem

Grant H

Community Expert

As Monika has said, you should see a faint dotted line when using brushes like charcoal. Illustrator cannot display certain brush strokes until the stroke is complete.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

You should at least see a faint line.

With calligraphy brushes or bristle brushes you see the stroke.

Brushes in Illustrator work differently than Photoshop brushes, you can't compare them.

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