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how do you thicken a line and make it smooth?

Asked by Sam Costanzo

I traced the outline of a photo and now want to have it be a thicker border around an image with no photo. More or less the tracing was done with a thin line and I want to make it thicker.

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Brynn (brynn4inks-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Assuming you made a single path (i.e. with the Pen or Pencil tools), this will widen it: Object menu > Fill and Stroke > Stroke Style tab > Width. If you drew it with the Calligraphy tool, you'll need to use Path menu > Outset. Repeat as many times as necessary to achieve the width you want. Or use Path menu > Dynamic Offset, and drag the tiny diamond shaped handle until the desired width is achieved.

Don't want the photo anymore? Delete it, or put it on a separate layer and hide the layer.

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Brynn (brynn4inks-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Sorry, I forgot about the smoothing part of your question. Definitely need more info for that! What kind of "line" is it? How did you draw it?

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