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Turning strokes into filled paths - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator CS5 Essential Training
Turning strokes into filled paths
We know that in Illustrator we have two basic types of attributes: Fills and Strokes, and they both behave differently and have different settings. However, there may be times when you want to turn, or convert, a stroke into a filled path. Let me give you an example of what I mean by that. I'm going to zoom in on this middle flower right here, and maybe I'll change the Stroke Weight here to about 10 points. Notice there, that I have a thickness now applied to that stroke, but the attribute itself is a stroke. There may be times where I want to actually convert it to a filled object. So what I can do is go to the Object menu, choose Path and then choose Outline Stroke. This converts it now to a filled path, which means that I could use my Direct Selection tool and just move individual anchor points like this, or even move entire parts of it as well. One reason why you might want to do this is that Illustrator does not have the ability to apply a gradient color to a stroke. So, if you…
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Creating gradients with the Gradient panel8m 12s
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Modifying gradients with the Gradient Annotator4m 37s
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Applying and manipulating pattern fills5m 33s
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Defining your own custom pattern fills9m 13s
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Applying basic stroke settings5m 22s
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Creating strokes with dashed lines3m 41s
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Adding arrowheads to strokes2m 45s
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Creating variable-width strokes4m 35s
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Working with width profiles2m 36s
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Turning strokes into filled paths3m 49s
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