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A Pencil stroke always previewed as the path it draws, with its full appearance: with a fill set, the fill flipped between the shape and its inside-out as the stroke crossed itself or curved back, and hid the line being drawn. Pencil Tool Options get a Live preview checkbox, above Live curve fitting, on by default and kept with the tool's other options (`livePreview`, settings.rs). With it off, the stroke previews nothing while it is drawn: a thin line follows the pen (the drag overlay the Knife and Blob Brush already show), and the release, or a switch of tool mid-stroke, draws the path with its fill and stroke, as one undo step, as before. Escape still cancels the stroke. With it on nothing changes. The Paintbrush has no such option and keeps previewing. Public reference: Draw and edit paths using the Pencil tool, https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/tool-techniques/pencil-tool.html (lists Live preview and Live curve fitting among the Pencil's options). The checkbox label is translated in all 24 catalogs. Tests: pencil_with_live_preview_off_shows_a_thin_line_until_the_release (tools), pencil_with_live_preview_off_draws_the_filled_path_on_release (engine), and the freehand dialog test shows the checkbox for the Pencil only. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>