After tracing a photograph, I have discovered that there are certain strokes within my tracing that cannot be narrowed less than 1 point. Some of the lines were done with the pen tool and some were done with the pencil tool but the tool used seems to have no relation to the problem. I have selected the entire drawing with the Select > All command. All of the lines (except for three) can be thinned down to 0.25 pts. How can I unlock the width of those three lines; they always seem to be wider than the other lines regardless of where I set the stroke control. Is there a lock command that I may have inadvertently activated? If so, I can't find it nor undue it.
Okay, I checked the transform panel, selected stubborn pathways, unchecked align to pixel grid, changed the stroke weight to 0.5 pt., and voila! No more locked stroke weight pathways! I can now select All and change all pathways to whatever stroke weight I want and all pathways respond. Problem solved (Maybe), but how did only 5 pathways become affected by the align to pixel grid in the first place???
Anyway, thank you!
Another question; accidentally yesterday, when I was using the pencil tool, the pencil cursor icon changed to a (+) symbol. How can I control that? I find that it is much easier to draw accurately using the pencil if there is not a large pencil cursor icon blocking my view. With the (+) I had pinpoint accuracy. Today I haven't been able to find the (+) cursor symbol even by accident.
GRiZ
PC
1. Quit Illustrator.
2. Rename the AIPrefs file (for example, to AIPrefs.old) in the Users/(user)/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe Illustrator CS3 Settings folder.
3. Start Illustrator. Illustrator creates a new preferences file.
Or hold the Control Alt Shift keys when launching Illustrator
Mac
1. Quit Illustrator.
2.Go to User/username/Library/Preferences/ Adobe illustrator CS4 Settings and trash the settings folder, the whole folder not just the contents of the folder..
3. Start Illustrator. Illustrator creates a new preferences file.
Or hold the Command Option Shift key when launching Illustrator
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