Edit path directly with paintbrush

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 24, 2025
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There will be times when I have the painbrush tool active, and I draw next to a selected drawn path/shape, it will - by accident - edit that one according to how I draw. I'd like to do that on purpose now. Does anyone know how? Thank you in advance!

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Correct answer Monika Gause

Thank you for your time in this, Monika.

You currently do not have a brush (from the brushes panel) applied to that path. Can you try that? First apply a brush and then use the brush tool?

If you do not want to change the stroke of the path first, then you could check out the pencil tool instead of the brush tool.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

When you double click the brush tool in the tool panel you should see the relevant options.

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HelloCaseyAuthor

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Hi Monika, I looked at the options - and this is what I have.

It still doesn't directly edit the path.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Under 200px wide and tall. And yes, i've tried it in isolation mode, and I've also ungrouped it so it's just a path on its own. Here's a video: https://youtu.be/xmuSaxmzz1A

That is so weird. Can you perhaps share a file that contains this object?

Rename the file extension to .pdf then you can upload it here. It's already late around here, so I will leave for today, but hopefully someone can investigate.

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