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Design

Adobe Illustrator problems

When I go to paint for my Spaceman drawling I can not see where I have painted until I let go of the mouse. In the video he's painting in an almost "Live preview". How would I turn this on?

Mat Helme
Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey John Faught ,

Are you referring to the paint brush tool?

Yes! When I paint with it I can not see where I have gone or anything until after I left off the mouse.

Mat Helme
Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest Teacher

John Faught

If you are using an Art brush or a Pattern brush you will only see a dotted blue line until you release the mouse. As for the other brushes you should see all paths in real time.

That's the problem. I don't see the paths in real time.

Mat Helme
Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Are you on a Mac or a PC?

How much RAM are you running?

What version of Illustrator are you using?

What specific Paint Brush are you using ( Calligraphic, Art, Pattern, Scatter, Bristle )?

Pc, 8gb of ram. Adobe cs6, and calligraphic.

Mat Helme
Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hmm...

Thats really strange. I might try updating Illustrator, it might be a glitch.

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Mat Helme
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Mat Helme
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hmm...

Thats really strange. I might try updating Illustrator, it might be a glitch.