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Design Illustrator Foundations How to Draw in Illustrator The Pencil Tool

Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall
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Posted by Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall
7,195 Points

Fidelity and Smoothness settings in the Pencil Tools Options only show as Fidelity in Adobe Illustrator CC 2014.

Fidelity and Smoothness settings in the Pencil Tools Options only show as a single Fidelity setting in Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 (Windows 8). I there a preference or option I can change to see this and make finer changes?

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CJ Williams
CJ Williams
34,372 Points
CJ Williams
CJ Williams
34,372 Points

The pencil tool saw some major improvements in the update to CC 2014. Now, rather than having to switch back and forth from pencil to the smooth tool, you can toggle between the 2 by pressing alt. In my opinion, "Fidelity" may not be the best title for this slider. I have really liked using the pencil tool a lot more since the update, and it shouldn't take much time for you to fine-tune the sensitivity settings to match your style. For more on the pencil tool in 2014, check out this page from Adobe: Enhanced Pencil Tool in CC 2014