Once again with the SitePoint logo, we select one of the shapes. Drawing inside elements is rather reminiscent of the Clipping Mask from the Object drop-down menu however, it affords keeping the outside element as a shape in its own right. With this tool you can now draw shapes above, below, or inside other elements. Though I can see less day-to-day use, it will save valuable time and make life much easier when it’s needed. Too many times I’ve had Illustrator files filled with hundreds of extra points to gain the stroke shape needed I’ve had to draw additional lines at finer stroke widths to mimic what can now be done easily with this tool. Your Illustrator files will now be much easier to work with. Now you can click on the corner points (or any location along the line) and drag it, making the stroke width thicker or thinner to your heart’s content. I’ve swapped the fill colors so that the strokes are colored and the fills are transparent to easily show what we’re doing.īy picking the Width Tool-the green wavy line behind a line containing three points-from the toolbar, your cursor will turn into a pointer with a wavy line underneath. As an example, I’ll run through a reworking of the SitePoint logo.Ī simple vector of the graphic is made up of four polygons. The new Width Tool (Shift+W) allows you to increase or decrease the stroke width in parts of a line you can now alter the width of points or curves on a line, allowing lines to become wider or narrower at your whim. You’ve always been able to set a stroke width (via the Properties or stroke toolbars), but beyond that the amount of fine control has been limited. One of the great pains of previous versions has been the ability to manipulate strokes. Thankfully, Adobe has considered what worked and, more importantly, what did not: the main feature additions center on actual drawing. With the latest incarnation of the Adobe Suite, Illustrator CS5 brings a slew of new features and improvements to one of my favorite apps.
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