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April 4, 2023
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Scale shape stroke portionately, not a layer style

  • April 4, 2023
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Searched and could not find simple answer.

When resizing vector shapes created in Photoshop with a stroke THAT IS NOT A LAYER STYLE FX STROKE, how do you make the stroke weight change proportionately in thickness? Currently if you resize the shape it will retain the pixel size of the original shape. So, if your circle has a 20px stroke and you reduce the size 50% your shape will STILL have a 20px stroke and be too fat.

I know this can be done by making an the shape into a smart object, but I don't want to do that because there are other objects that go with it and 1. I don't want them impacted by resizing issues and 2. I don't want to then keep reconverting the smart object back to layers for easy editing.

Thanks.

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    Myra Ferguson
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    Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 4, 2023

    Another alternative would be to use Illustrator instead, and go to Preferences > General and select Scale Strokes & Effects.

     

    You can then place your Illustrator content in Photoshop.

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    SC-AgencyAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 4, 2023

    Thanks. Sometimes I do develop in Illustrator, but my go to is Photoshop and not everyone has the full Creative Cloud that includes Illustrator.

      Myra Ferguson
      Community Expert
      Myra FergusonCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 4, 2023

      I know you mentioned that you don't want to convert it to a Smart Object, but that would be what I would recommend. You can select more than 1 layer when you convert to a Smart Object, so you can include the other layers that go with it. You can also easily right-click on it and convert it back to layers.

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      SC-AgencyAuthor
      Inspiring
      April 4, 2023

      Right, I had mentioned that, but if you are working on something like a logo mockup you might tweak the stroke weight or add / remove points, adjust the path dozens of times. This gets laborious to convert, unconvert, convert, unconvert.

       

      Thanks.

       

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