How to change stroke width in cs4?

[avpromedia]

The width tool I believe is new to cs5.

I'm using cs4, how can I change the width of a stroke?

I'm hoping not to use outline stroke because a shape is more work to maintain than a stroke.

[rcraighead]

Open "Stroke" panel and edit "Weight".

or

Open Appearance panel, click Stroke and change it there.

[rcraighead]

Sorry, I did not understand you wanted to duplicate the effect of the Width Tool in CS4. Yeah, that's one tool that is worth upgrading for. If you could find CS5 somewhere I think you'd be very happy.

[Jeff Witchel, ACI · Accepted solution]

There's no easy way to do what the Width tool does without having this amazing tool. Time to upgrade.

[Srishti Bali]

Hi avpromedia,

Please check out these tutorials.

Using variable-width strokes

https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/illustrator-cs5-variable-width-stroke-tool-perfect-for-making-...

Hope this helps !

Regards

Srishti

[Jeff Witchel, ACI]

Hi avpromedia,

I found one of my old videos from when the Width tool was first introduced.

http://www.jeffwitchel.net/2012/10/creating-beautiful-swirly-strokes-in-seconds/

Best,

Jeff

[Monika Gause]

Use an art brush. You might want to show us what exactly you want to do.