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Creating strokes


    The Adobe Title Designer gives you great flexibility in adding an outline, or stroke, to your objects. You add both inner strokes and outer strokes. Inner strokes are outlines along the inner edge of your objects, and outer strokes are outlines along the outer edge. You can add up to 12 total strokes to your objects. Once you add the stroke, you can adjust the color, fill type, opacity, sheen, and texture for each of your strokes. By default, strokes are listed and rendered in the order you create them; however, you can easily change the listing order.

To add a stroke to an object:

  1. Select the object.
  2. In the Object Style section, expand the Strokes category.
  3. Click Add next to either Inner Stroke or Outer Stroke.
  4. Expand the Inner Stroke or Outer Stroke values of the stroke you just created. Set any of the following options:
  5. Tip iconSelect or deselect each stroke you create to compare how various combinations of options look on your selected object.

    Type

    Specifies the type of stroke you apply. Choose one of the following options:

    • Depth creates a stroke that makes the object appear to extrude.
    • Edge creates a stroke that encompasses the entire inner or outer edge of the object.
    • Drop Face creates a copy of the object, which you can subsequently offset and apply values to.

    Size

    Specifies the size of the stroke, in scan lines. This option is not available for the Drop Face stroke type.

    Angle

    Specifies the offset angle of the stroke, in degrees. This option is not available for the Edge stroke type.

    Magnitude

    Specifies the height of the stroke. This option is available only for the Drop Face stroke type.

    Fill Type

    Specifies the type of fill for the stroke.

    All of the Fill Type options listed here, including Sheen and Texture, work exactly like the Object Fill options. For information on adjusting these options, see Changing fills.

To change the listing order of strokes:

  1. In the Object Style section, select the stroke you want to move.
  2. In the Object Style menu, choose Move Stroke Up to move the selected stroke one level up in the list, or choose Move Stroke Down to move the selected stroke one level down in the list.

To delete a stroke:

  1. In the Object Style section, select the stroke you want to delete.
  2. In the Object Style menu, choose Delete Stroke.

To add a stroke:

  1. In the Object Style section, expand the Strokes category.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Click Add for Inner Stroke to create a new Inner Stroke, or Outer Stroke to create a new Outer Stroke.
    • In the Object Style menu, choose either Add Inner Stroke, or Add Outer Stroke.