• Adobe Illustrator

  Very basic problem with brush tool and colour

  Posted by Win Edson on September 4, 2013 at 9:12 pm

  Hi,

  Sorry if this seems utterly basic, but I’ve googled this for the last 2 days and still can’t find a solution.

  When I select a colour and stroke size, then attempt to use the paintbrush tool (or pencil tool)- it defaults back to no colour and a thin black stroke.

  This does not happen when I use the pen or rectangle tools.

  I’m using CS 5.5.

  Any help much appreciated!
  Win

  Aaron Mellman replied 10 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jonathan Ziegler

  September 5, 2013 at 3:36 pm

  Hey there, first off, what type of brush do you have selected? Also, if you have settings for a tablet or stylus and you’re using a mouse (for example, if the brush size is dependent on pressure), it can cause issues. Double-check your brush presets – you may have set something and not realized it. Barring that, you can always reset prefs (I think its CMD-OPT-SHIFT on startup or CTRL-ALT-SHIFT) or trash the prefs.

  Let us know. 🙂

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  Jonathan Ziegler

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  Aaron Mellman

  April 3, 2016 at 9:39 pm

  I’m having the exact same problem. I’ve reset all of my preferences and have even reinstalled Ai. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Thanks!

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