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Use the Width Selector tool

Use the Width Selector tool - Illustrator Tutorial

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Use the Width Selector tool

- [Instructor] The Width Selector Tool and accompanying panel give you the ability to select multiple width markers and objects with variable stroke widths and then precisely and quickly adjust them to get the exact look that you want. Let's check it out. I'll start by opening the Width Selector Panel, by choosing "Window," "WidthScribe," "Width Selector Panel." And I can click on the panel to get the Width Selector Tool. You can also get the Width Selector Tool by going to the toolbar and clicking and holding on the Width Gradient Tool, and then selecting "Width Selector Tool." Here in my document, I have a bunch of straight lines, with variable stroke widths, that start at 12 pixels on one end, and taper down to one pixel on the other end. And with the Width Selector Tool, I can actually see all the width markers and all the paths in my document. Now, the panel controls are all grayed out until I select…

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