Edit/update Art Brushes like you edit/update Symbols
To update an art brush, currently you have to:
- Pull the brush into the drawing area
- Edit the shapes
- Create another brush from those shapes (and enter all specifications all over again)
- Select every path that had the original brush
- Apply the new brush
- Delete the original brush
This could go much quicker like so:
- Enter an isolation mode for the brush (like when double clicking a symbol in the symbols palette)
- Make the changes
- Exit isolation mode
Thank you.
thanks for all the replies. those totally got me the idea. i was just having some problems finding a reference. more exactly an ebook that i can try to follow to learn more about adf bc programming. can you please suggest me of ebooks that tackles these types of subjects or stuff that I can download so I can study even when I am offline? thanks
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