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How to thicken lines

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June 25, 2010
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I am new to photoshop and basically have no idea what I'm doing, but I am hoping that someone out there can explain to me (in step to step detail) how to thicken the lines of a scanned image. The image is a star shape in black outline and I need to widen the outline......

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

If it’s pure line-art you could try Filter – Other – Minimum.

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If it’s pure line-art you could try Filter – Other – Minimum.

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thank you thank you thank you......

c.pfaffenbichler

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You’re welcome.

Of course they are other, albeit more complicated methods which may

offer other advantages.

For example one could

• load the image as a Selection (by alt-clicking on the composite

channel in the Channels Panel)

• invert the Selection (command-I)

• create a Solid Color Layer (Layer –New Fill Layer – Solid Color) and

set that to black

• apply the Layer Style Stroke (from the fx-icon at the bottom of the

Layers Panel), select black in the Color-field, and enter an

appropriate number for Size

• hide the old layer and create a new blank background

That would maintain editability for the Stroke-width (to edit it

double-click the word »Stroke« below the layer in the Layers Panel).