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VARIABLE STROKE WIDTH EFFECTS

  • Variable width strokes for vector strokes
  • Width Brush and Eraser
  • Width Gradient
  • Width Stamp and Selector

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Width Stamp Tool

Create some truly unique artwork using the new Width Stamp Tool, by applying eye-catching prefaces and customising line widths and dashes. Take full control over the stamp pattern, using graph control and editing modes to really customise your design.

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Width Brush Tool

Use the Width Brush Tool to define aspects of your art with quick and simple sweeps. It offers the intuitive ease of a real brush and allows for a variety of artistic effects such as engraving style or natural drawing, fully preserving the editable vector nature of the artwork.

Width Brush Tool

Width Gradient Tool

The Width Gradient Tool gives you the precision you need to boost perspective, enhance unique geometric patterns and sculpt by strokes. As with all of our plugins, we’ve made it easy for you to control with presets, live feedback and more for a great user experience.

Width Gradient Tool

How you can get started

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Control vector strokes with WidthScribe

Gain full control of your variable stroke widths in Illustrator with WidthScribe. Dynamic, organic and bursting with creative possibilities, these special stroke types offer much more control than equivalent brushes. This plugin overcomes the simple usr control offered natively, allowing selections to be controlled as one, plus refined and precise control where needed through intuitive on-screen controls and panels.
The second side of WidthScribe is Width Stamp which offers astonishing creative possibilities from artwork and image replication through stroke width tones, through to artwork for security printing (bank notes, passes and more).

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WidthScribe technical specifications

Width Stamp Tool

  • Use on any underlying artwork including images and/or vector
  • Full control over stamp pattern including custom design
  • Specify min/max widths with variable graph control
  • Fidelity and smoothing settings to specify level of detail
  • Optional dash threshold to enhance details
  • Quick access to striking presets including grids, waves and spirals
  • Editing modes: underlying artwork stamp pattern
  • Expand results for further editing
  • Settings manager gives quick access to favourites, which can also be shared easily with others

Width Brush Tool

  • Interactively and precisely control brush size and hardness
  • Adjust by absolute or percentage
  • Enhance control of brush effectiveness when using Wacom devices

Width Brush Tool

  • Adjust selected line widths in linear or radial modes
  • Absolute or percentage adjustments
  • Width gradient graph, allowing you to fine tune the results or effects — see interactive annotation previews for end result
  • Settings manager gives quick access to favourites, which can also be shared easily with others

Width Gradient Tool

  • Adjust selected line widths in linear or radial modes
  • Absolute or percentage adjustments
  • Width gradient graph, allowing you to fine tune the results or effects — see interactive annotation previews for end result
  • Settings manager gives quick access to favourites, which can also be shared easily with others

Width Selector Tool

  • Select all markers on path
  • Marquee select width markers
  • Add width markers
  • Precise control of left/right widths
  • Quickly move between selected width markers on path
  • Easily drag to reposition width markers
  • Duplicate width markers
  • Stretch all width markers along path
  • Taper variable stroke width ends
  • Average, smooth and delete selected width markers
  • Numerically control widths by absolute or percentage changes

Width Eraser Tool

  • Remove excessive or unwanted width markers with a swipe of the mouse

Vary Width Markers (randomise)

  • Randomise any selected paths
  • Control over min/max variation and spacing

Optimisation

  • Reduce excessive number of width markers by user-defined amounts
  • Full control over stamp pattern including custom design