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Painting

Last updated 6/5/2015

You can drag the handles outward or inward to adjust the stroke width at that location on the path. Width points created

at a corner or at a direct-selected anchor point, stick to the anchor point during basic editing of the path.

To change the position of the width point, drag the point along the path.

To select multiple width points, press Shift and click. The Width Point Edit dialog box is displayed, where you can

specify values for Side1 and Side 2 of multiple points. Any adjustment to the width points, would impact all the selected

width points.

You can also globally adjust the stroke weight for all the width points by specifying the stroke weight in the Weight

drop-down list of the Stroke panel.

Saving width profiles

After defining the stroke width, you can save the variable width profile from the Stroke panel or the Control panel.

A Uniform Width Profile option B Save Width Profile icon C Delete Width Profile icon D Reset Width Profile icon

Width profiles can be applied to selected paths by choosing them from the Width Profile drop-down list in the Control

panel or Stroke panel. When a stroke with no variable width is selected, the list displays the Uniform option. You can

also select the Uniform option to remove a variable width profile from an object.

To restore the default width profile set, click the Reset Profiles button at the bottom of the Profile drop down list.

Note: Restoring the default width profile set in the Stroke Options dialog box, removes any custom saved profiles.

If you apply a variable width profile to a stroke, then it is indicated with an asterisk (*) in the Appearance panel.

For Art and Pattern brushes, the Width Points/Profile option is automatically selected for size in Stroke Options dialog

box after editing a brush path with the Variable Width tool or applying a Width Profile preset. To remove any width

profile changes, select the Fixed option for size or one of the tablet data channels, such as Pressure, to restore the tablet

data options.

Width control tasks Keyboard modifiers

Create non-uniform widths Alt+drag (Windows) or Opt+drag (Mac OS)

Create a copy of the width point Alt+drag the width point (Windows) or Opt+drag the width point

(Mac OS)

Copy and move all the points along the path Alt+Shift+drag (Windows) or Opt+Shift+drag (Mac OS)

Change the position of multiple width points Shift+drag

Select multiple width points Shift+click

Delete selected width points Delete

Deselect a width point Esc

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