Comments on: Easily Close Pencil and Brush Paths

By: Rype

Rype — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:40:19 +0000

Not that I know of. I think Adobe thinks people are use the Pencil and Brush tools more to create paths than closed shapes, but I wish they did have this option. I use the Pencil Brush tools mostly to create closed shapes. Even if you double click on one of the tools in the Tools panel there isn’t an option to automatically close the path.

By: Joseph Johnston

Joseph Johnston — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:29:43 +0000

Is there a way to force a closed path every time you use the pencil tool?

By: Free Illustrator Watercolor Brushes and Tutorial | Vectips

Free Illustrator Watercolor Brushes and Tutorial | Vectips — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:27:51 +0000

[...] to close the path is to hold down Option / Alt right before you are done drawing, as explained in a previous post. Fill the shape with white and no [...]

By: wardhania

wardhania — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:11:36 +0000

nuwun…

By: matt

matt — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:34:11 +0000

thanks!

By: Maxo

Maxo — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:09:29 +0000

THANXS !!!!!

By: BenRulz

BenRulz — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:08:27 +0000

Cool…..a very handy trick indeed….. must go and try it out….. great job…thnx a ton..!!

By: Carmen

Carmen — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:13:11 +0000

This helps me a ton!