Smart Remove Brush Preferences

The Smart Remove Brush tool preferences dialog can be brought up in two ways: by double-clicking on the Smart Remove Brush tool icon in the toolbar; or by pressing the Return/Enter key when the Smart Remove Brush tool is selected.

Smart Remove Brush Tool Preferences

1. Brush Size

The diameter of the brush. Can be changed while brushing by pressing the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys, or the “Increase/Decrease Tool Diameter” keys.

2. Only Remove Points if Path Changes Within Tolerance

When enabled (the default), anchor points are only removed when doing so would not change the geometry of the path more than the tolerance amount. The setting can be temporarily inverted when brushing by pressing Option/Alt.

3. Fixed Tolerance

When using tolerance, sets the tolerance value to a fixed amount. The value, which can range between 1 and 100 and has a default value of 10, can be changed while brushing using the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys.

4. Pressure-Controlled Tolerance

When using tolerance and controlling the cursor with a pressure-sensitive stylus, allows the tolerance value to be controlled by the pressure output of the stylus.

5. Maximum Tolerance

When using pressure-controlled tolerance, sets the tolerance that maximum pressure will produce.

6. Minimum Tolerance

When using pressure-controlled tolerance, sets the tolerance that minimum pressure will produce.

7. Pressure-Tolerance Curve

When using pressure-controlled tolerance, allows a custom, non-linear curve to be set between the pressure output and the tolerance value.

8. Maximum Pressure Temporarily Disables Tolerance

When using pressure-controlled tolerance, applying maximum pressure to the stylus will effectively set the tolerance to an infinite value; i.e. anchor points will always be removed.