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Use the Width Stamp panel

Use the Width Stamp panel - Illustrator Tutorial

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Use the Width Stamp panel

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- [Instructor] The Width Stamp panel is a new feature in WidthScribe tool by Astute Graphics. And with it, you can create all kinds of interesting effects by combining existing artwork with a grid of lines called contours, that vary in stroke width. The panel offers you presets for you to work with, or you can create and edit your own contours. Let's check it out. Here I have a nice slice of pie that's composed of a bunch of vector shapes, and I'd like to use it to explore the Width Stamp panel. So, first I'm going to create a new window, by going to the window menu and choosing new window. Then I'm going to arrange my two windows side by side, and I'm doing this because on the left side, I want to really zoom in, so I can see the details of what the Width Stamp panel is doing. And on the right side, I want to see the whole object. So, I can see the whole effect. I'm going to click to select the Pie, and press command or…

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