Brush Increase / Decrease Diameter Size vs Stroke Weight
Basically in Adobe Illustrator, just like other programs including Photoshop, there is the shortcut, Left and Right brackets ([ & ]) for increasing and decreasing brush strokes. However, one thing that is annoying for Adobe Illustrator is that when using the brackets for adjusting the size of the brush, the size of the brush does in fact increase, but the stroke stays the same.
The screenshot below shows a stroke of 1, but the circle size of the brush is much MUCH larger. The brush stroke size should be constrained to the stroke size. This may not seem like much of a problem, but if I wanted to use the Eyedropper for matching the stroke size and color, it will not show the actual brush size, but the actual stroke (a stroke of 1 in this example). Essentially the original stroke size I used was completely unaccounted since the stroke still reads 1 and I would have to guess the brush size I used.
Josiah Fickinger
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I agree.
Here, I have two paths.
Both have the same calligraphic brush applied, the '3 pt. Oval'.
Both paths have the same stroke weight used — 1 pt.But it’s obvious that:
1. It’s not 1 pt at all (with brushes 'pt' means the multiplier, and I once made a rather confused request about this — http://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/33386008 )
2. These appearances differ, but the stacks look completely similar in the Appearance panel — and we can see it by selecting both
3. The diameters of the calligraphic and bristle brushes we can change for the tool and the selected objects with the [ and ] keys (Increase / Decrease Diameter) is something else, something we can change with these keys only... yes, we can SET a diameter, by double-clicking the brush tip in the Brushes panel, but this resets the diameter (the first click re-applies the brush), and this modifies the brush tip itself — not the brush applied separately.It’s a mess.
We can surely use the Eyedropper tool with both Appearance option checked to transfer the complete look (well, appearance, plus something we can’t control with the dedicated Appearance panel) — but I wish to have an input.This one needs a large investigation.
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Sorry, I originally had this posted under request features instead, so I moved it here. Now this is not fully important or me, but I can certainly imagine it may be for someone who wanteds to prioritize consistency in their work .
