Use Width Tool in Adobe Illustrator CS6
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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use "Width Tool" in Adobe Illustrator CS6 in Windows 7.
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- 5Alternatively, press "Ctrl" + "N" on the keyboard. You can also open an existing document. For more information, refer to our tutorials on how to create a new document and how to open documents.Click "New..." to open up a new document.
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- 7For more information, refer to our tutorial on how to use "Stroke" and "Fill" colors.You can alter the "Fill" color.
- 8To access "Ellipse Tool", click and drag "Rectangle Tool" to the right. Let's create a circle by holding "Shift" and clicking and dragging the cursor on the canvas. For more information, refer to our tutorials on how to create basic shapes and how to get perfect shapes.Let's create an object using "Ellipse Tool".
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- 11A green line appears. This green line is the smart guide that should be enabled by default. There is another VisiHow video on how to enable smart guides. The details of this anchor point, such as the "Side 1", "Side 2", and general widths of the stroke, appear in a grey pop-up box.Hover over the side anchor point.
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