Edit thickness of art brought in from Fresco?

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September 17, 2023
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I'm bringing in art from Fresco created with a vector brush. It seems that the lines in the art are not strokes, but rather filled objects. Once in Illustrator, is there a way to quickly edit the width or thickness of the lines/objects. The width tool is not working for me since the lines are not technically "strokes?" TIA

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

Or similar to what Jacob suggested, Effect > Path > Offset Path, which is an Effect and can be modified in the Appearance panel.

To make it permanent: Object > Expand Appearance...

Ton Frederiks

Correct answer

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Or similar to what Jacob suggested, Effect > Path > Offset Path, which is an Effect and can be modified in the Appearance panel.

To make it permanent: Object > Expand Appearance...

KurtyGAuthor

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Also really good. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanx Ton

Ton Frederiks

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Good to hear we could help.

Jacob Bugge

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Kurtis,

I doubt whether this would meet your expectations, but depending on the smoothness of the brush you could try Object>Path>Offset Path with positive (thicker) or negative (thinner) values.

That will also change the ends and thereby the length of the path which may be undesirable.

KurtyGAuthor

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That worked! Thanks Jacob

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

For my part you are welcome,

The effect way suggested by Ton is much more flexible; if you need simple paths (for any of a number of reasons), you can always Object>Expand Appearance (after saving a backup of the effect version).

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