Reference: Painterly brushstrokes

Features that are incompatible with Painterly brushes at this time either appear grayed out or trigger a message that the application does not support them. The following table contains a list of compatible tools and features.

 

Supported tools and features
Notes
Pick tools (Pick, Freehand pick, Free transform)
Edit shape tools (Shape, Smooth, Smear, Twirl, Attract and Repel, Smudge, Roughen)
Crop tool
Cropping brushstrokes results in a vector curve and bitmap object.
Knife tool
Splitting a brushstroke results in a vector curve and bitmap object.
Virtual segment delete tool
Eraser tool
Erasing brushstrokes results in a vector curve and bitmap object.
Curve tools (Freehand, 2-point line, Bézier, Pen, B-spline, Polyline, 3-point curve)
Live Sketch tool
A brushstroke can be applied to an object created with this tool.
Smart drawing tool
A brushstroke can be applied to an object created with this tool.
Shape tools (Rectangle tools, Ellipse tools, Polygon, Star, Spiral, Common Shapes, Impact, Graph Paper)
Text tool
Distort
A distort effect cannot be applied to a brushstroke. A brushstroke can be applied to an object with a distort effect; however, the distort effect becomes non-editable.
Envelope
An envelope can be applied to a brushstroke. You can apply a brushstroke to an object with an envelope, and then edit the envelope if needed.
Transparency
Color eyedropper tool
Interactive fill tool
Cannot be used on open curve brushstrokes; however, you can apply a fill to a closed curve object with a brushstroke.
Smart fill tool
Cannot be used on open curve brushstrokes. When a closed curve brushstroke intersects with another object, and the Smart fill tool is used, the brushstroke may be partially obscured by the new filled object.
Mesh fill tool
Cannot be used on open curve brushstrokes
Fill and outline
Fills cannot be applied to open curve brushstrokes. Selecting an outline color results in a change to the brushstroke color.
PowerClip
Brushstrokes can be applied to and placed in PowerClip frames. You can apply brushstrokes when editing the contents of PowerClip objects. Closed curve objects with brushstrokes cannot be used as PowerClip frames.
Symmetry
You can create and edit symmetry groups with brushstrokes and objects with brushstrokes applied but at this time the symmetrical image appears in the document window only after you hide and show the symmetry group object.
Align and Distribute
Order
Group
Hide
Convert to bitmap
Boundary
Trim
Trimming a brushstroke breaks it apart into a vector curve and a bitmap image.
Break Apart

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