How to "Create Outlines" from a stroke (Outline Stroke). [Adobe Illustrator]

In this tutorial I show you how to create outlines from a stroke in Adobe Illustrator. This is when you need to add a gradient to a stroke, manipulate the edges of a stroke, make bolder text without the stroke outline etc. Whatever you need it for.

Thanks for watching :)

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• outline stroke
• pen tool
• edit

[MrJonnyJones]

HUGE thanks for this, letters with stroke and not being able to get the path round the outside of the letters was doing my head in! Thanks dude!

[mzeshle]

thank you very much, wish the sound was clearer, anyways great post

[6thChamberFashion]

yes but how do you do the opposite?? Turn the outlines into strokes??????

[kmoncada]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[praisy82]

Excellent! Just what I was looking for!

[andrashun92]

helped me a lot! thanks

[vGxkylex]

can u do a tut on how to do it with a picture please

[daniescape]

Neat!



[moteesah]

Thanks alot man ..this really helped alot

[deadly1010P]

nice work