Let's give you a detailed analysis of the precision control experience and skills of line width and quality for the Illustrator software users.
Experience and skills:
Profile palette attributes
There are four tools under the pen tool that draws lines in AI, such as fig1. You can use the line tool to draw point-to-point lines, but the pen tool can do this without switching tools.
Fig2 is the contour palette that controls the line attributes. The "Weight" drop-down menu in the palette can adjust the line width, ranging from 0.25 to 100. Generally, the value is between and. You can also enter a smaller value for the contour or midline.
Line endpoint properties
Fig4 is a simple machine part. Now you can see that the quality of the line starts to decrease at the intersection of the line by 300%. When this part is enlarged to 1600%, a gap is found at the intersection of the line. You can use the pen tool or Ctrl + J to connect the two lines, but once the two lines are connected together, their attributes such as width and color will become the same.
It may be a bit exaggerated to enlarge the object to 1600% or even 2400%, but it will become ugly blank if you put it in photoshop or print it out.
Tip: If you output it in AI and use it in PS, you can use the magic wand tool to avoid problems.
A complete and effective solution is to use the "circle endpoint" under the endpoint attribute in the profile palette ". The line in Figure 6 uses a "flat endpoint" or "tip" setting, which looks as hard. In Fig7, the circle endpoint setting not only solves the gap between lines, but also looks more round.
Corner property
If you choose to use Ctrl + J to connect the two lines together, you still need to set the corner and corner restriction attributes in the palette.
The angle value of Fig8 is 4 and the angle is sharp. In this way, a sharp angle is generated when the line is formed. This setting applies to the 90 degree angle. The angle value of Fig9 is limited to 3 (or smaller), and the angle is still the sharp angle. This creates a stiff corner. The corner in Figure 10 is set to a rounded corner. Using the rounded corner settings can effectively handle corner problems and make the visual effect more attractive.
Copy and paste different thickness lines
We can also create a path that looks thick and similar to calligraphy. Choose to use a pen or an arc with a more drawn arc (Fig11), and then press and hold the Alt key and use the direction key to copy the arc. This will keep the object an arc point and increase the arc thickness (Fig12 ).
If needed, select "edit-preset (parameter settings)-regular" or press Ctrl + K to set the increment value to 0.0010 in "keyboard increment. This will make every increment very small. After creation, you will get a thick and perfect calligraphy brush.
All right, the above information is the detailed experience and skills for precision control of line width and quality for the users of Illustrator's software, you can see the users here. I believe that everyone knows it now. I hope the tutorials above can help you.
