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Turning strokes into filled paths

Turning strokes into filled paths - Illustrator Tutorial

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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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