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Smooth out paths
Use
the Smooth tool to remove excess angles from an existing path or
a section of a path. The Smooth tool retains the original shape
of the path as nearly as possible. Smoothed paths generally have
fewer points, which can make them easier to edit, display, and print.
 Path before and after using Smooth tool
- Select the path.
- Select the Smooth tool.
Note: If the Pencil tool is selected, hold down Alt (Windows)
or Option (Mac OS) to temporarily change the Pencil to
the Smooth tool.
- Drag the tool along the length of the path segment you
want to smooth out.
- Continue smoothing until the stroke or path is of the
desired smoothness.
- To change the amount of smoothing, double-click the Smooth
tool and set the following options:
- Fidelity
- Controls how far your curves can stray before you have
to modify the path. With lower Fidelity values, the curves will
closely match the pointer’s movement, resulting in sharper angles.
With higher Fidelity values, the path will ignore small pointer
movements, resulting in smoother curves. The pixel value range is
0.5 to 20 pixels.
- Smoothness
- Controls the amount of smoothing applied when you use
the tool. Smoothness can range from 0% to 100%; the higher the value,
the smoother the path.
- Keep Selected
- Determines whether to keep the path selected after you
smooth it.
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