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- [Instructor] It's now time to change the width

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of the trunk by creating a stroke with variable width.

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Press the V key to activate the selection tool.

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Select the trunk path,

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then head to the tool bar to select the width tool.

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The width tool will allow you

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to create points with variable width along the segment.

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Head back to the path.

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When hovering on the path

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you can see a little white diamond shape

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appearing alongside the path.

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The diamond is a preview

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of where the width point will be placed

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once you click on the stroke.

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I'm going to place one right at the bottom of the path

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then drag outwards to make the stroke

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width larger at the bottom.

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And then I'm going to add another one towards the top.

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This time I will drag inward to make the path thinner.

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You can move and modify each width point at any time.

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Just like so.

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A stroke can also be modified asymmetrically

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by holding Alt on Windows and Option on a Mac

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while dragging a width point.

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By doing so you will be able to expand

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or contract only one side of a stroke

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rather than both at once.

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After you have edited the past stroke width

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the path will remain editable.

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Which means that you will be able to move the path

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or its points at any time.

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Do so by pressing the letter A on your keyboard

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and accessing the direct selection tool.

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You can jump back to the width tool

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to keep editing the width of your stroke at any time.

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But let's move to the next step.

