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Lynnette7
Inspiring
December 27, 2022
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Is there a way to increase the thickness of all lines in a group?

  • December 27, 2022
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I have some coloring book pages that I'm working on. I have lots of groups that each contain multiple thicknesses of lines. I need to make the ones closer to the front a touch darker than those in the distance. Is there a way to select a group and add .25 thickness to every line in the group? (Or whatever other increment needed.)

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Okay, first time replying to any thread on here, so sorry if I get the convention a bit wacky. This is the quickest method I have found:

1. Go to Window

2. Click Transform

3. Open the Transform Menu (on my PC it's the "hamburger" symbol)

4. Turn ON "Scale Strokes & Effects"

5. Enlarge the entire group in which you are wanting to increase stokes proportionally by the end percentage you are wanting. (E.g. if I want to increase a stroke by 300%, then enlarge the entire group by 3 times by constraining proportions and multiplying either the width or height by 3)

 

THEN - and this is where the magic happens -

 

6. Go back into the transform menu

7.  Turn OFF "Scale Strokes and Effects"

8.  Reduce the entire group by the same amount that you increased it by. (E.g. divide the width/height by 3 in this example) 

 

It works a charm! The only caveat is that it will also increase effects by the same amount, not just strokes, but perhaps this cuts out a bit of the tediousness. 

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Mylenium
Legend
December 27, 2022

Select a line, then use the select similar function from the menu and change the strokes. You may need to enter isolation mode by double-clicking on groups to not select too much.

 

Mylenium