Using the Width tool to vary the line weight

In this movie, we'll take a look at variable width strokes and how…you can create your own custom variable width strokes using the Width tool.…Now so far, all of the strokes that we've…seen have been uniform in terms of their line weight.…For example, if I marquee this black stroke here, we can…see that its line weight value is set to 50 points.…And the option next to it says, Uniform, meaning that the thickness…of the stroke is 50 points all the way along the path outline.…But it doesn't have to be that way.…You can select one of the variable Width Profiles…from this popup menu up here in the Control panel.…

And you just have six to start with, by the way, but you…can create your own and save them off as well if you like.…But we'll start with this guy here, Width Profile 2.…And notice that now, we have what is obviously a variable width stroke.…And now, the line weight value represents the maximum…width of the stroke at any location.…So if I were to increase the line weight to 80 points, for example, I'm going to…