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Smooth tool in Illustrator

Overview of Smooth Tool in Illustrator

Smooth Tool in Illustrator is one of the tools that are widely used by the user. The smooth tool is used for making the curvy and rough edges of the artworks and objects that are generally present in the vector-based program smooth and glossy.  The smooth tool also helps the user to control the amount of smoothness that is needed to be added to the object with the properties and function available to edit the object. With this smooth tool, the user can make pencil sketches and drawings look smoother and glossier without any rough edges.

How to Use Smooth Tool in Illustrator?

Below are the steps to turn straight lines into beautiful curves.

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Step 1: Open a New File.

Open New File

Step 2: Go to Tools and select a pencil tool, we can also use N as a shortcut key for the pencil tool.

Pencil Tool

Step 3: Here I am going to draw lines with the help of the Pencil Tool.

Draw Line with PT

The line we draw is so uneven and not good in shape and edges so we are going to clear the rough edges and make this good shape with the help of the smooth tool

Step 4: After drawing lines we can find some points in the lines.

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Points in the Lines

Step 5: Here we have another option to get fine edges with the help of the direct select tool, a shortcut for this tool is A.

Fine Edges

By using this tool we can move and adjust the points to get fine edges

Fine Edges 2

Step 6: We can’t tell that smooth tool and the direct select tool is same because we can adjust the edges smooth with the direct select tool but we can’t smooth the line and rough edges for that process we need to use the smooth tool, So select smooth tool, go to tools and hold the pencil tool we can get options in that we can select smooth tool.

Process of Smooth Tool

Step 7: We have another option to select the smooth tool, select a brush tool from the toolbar and hold ALT then it acts as a smooth tool till we finish the smoothing we need to hold alt once we release the ALT key it became as the brush tool.

Brush Tool

Now hold ALT then it will act as a smooth tool.

ALT - Smooth Tool

Step 8: Let’s see how to use the Smooth tool. Just hold click and draw the lines on the rough edges then we can find line get smooth continue this until we get smooth edges.

Smooth Edges

Smooth Edges - 2

In the starting line, we can find the difference.

Step 9: Here I am drawing the top edge to get a smooth and fine edge and I continue drawing this process till we get the correct edges.

Smooth and Fine Edge

Whenever we draw a line with a smooth tool we can find the anchor points adjusting the positions and making the edges a smooth, some new anchor points created and some points are deleted while we draw with Smooth tool.

Adjusting the Positions

Step 10: Here I draw smooth lines to the entire lines continuously till I get good shapes with smooth; we can see the difference in the two images.

Draw Smooth Line

The above image is raw lines which we draw at first and the below image is after applying a smooth tool.

Applying a Smooth Tool

See both the images carefully we can find the difference after applying smooth tool, we got smooth and straight line rounded edges, before using smooth edges we have uneven lines with rough edges and corners are uneven, while drawing with smooth tool the anchor points adjust and gives us smooth lines, fine edges and each curve is so smooth and even.

Step 11: Let’s try drawing a signature with the help of Pen Tool.

Drawing Signature

Step 12: We got unwanted curves and missed the shapes in between so select the Smooth Tool to learn this.

Select the Smooth Tool

Step 13: Zoom the image to find the curves.

Zoom the Image

Step 14: Start drawing on each path and curve to get smooth.

Drawing on Each Path

Step 15: Continue the drawing till we get the entire signature looks clear and good.

Drawing on Each Path - 2

Up to now, we try drawing now let’s see how it works with pen tool, while we creating some drawings or characters with pen tool we miss the shape in between that places we ignore that time and after finishing drawing we select the smooth tool and we can adjust the shapes clearly also we can reconnect in between or break the shape with the help of smooth tool

Let’s see how it works

Step 16: Select the pen tool in the toolbar the shortcut for pen tool is P.

Selecting Pen Tool - Smooth Tool in Illustrator

Step 17: Just draw a shape with the help of pen tool hope if you have free hands of pen tool you can draw well, I drew a rough shape just for experiment purpose only.

Shape - Pen Tool - Smooth Tool in Illustrator

Here is a rough shape with a lot of curves and uneven we are going to make this shape better by using the smooth tool. Here I have drawn with the smooth tool, half of the shape has been drawn let’s see the difference

Step 18: Select the smooth tool.

Select Smooth Tool - Smooth Tool in Illustrator

Step 19: Here I draw with the smooth tool, half of the shape has been drawn let’s see the difference.

Half of the Shape - Smooth Tool in Illustrator

Smooth Tool Half 2 - Smooth Tool in Illustrator

We can find the difference in the bottom shape where I applied the smooth tool and adjusted the key points and made some smooth and fine edges, the sharp edges in the first image was adjusted and we can see the difference in the second image

Step 20: Here we finished smoothing the whole shape now let’s see the difference.

Smoothing Whole Shape - Smooth Tool in Illustrator

Smoothing Whole Shape 2 - Smooth Tool in Illustrator

See the difference of two images before and after smoothing, a lot of changes can be seen after making smooth, and every sharp edge now got smooth edges the structure looks good.

Such magic can be done with the help of a smooth tool that is easy to use.

Conclusion

In this process, we draw a shape with the pencil tool and make the shape smooth with the help of the Smooth Tool and we try smoothing the signature which draws with the pencil tool and at last, we saw how to make a pen tool shape smooth by using the smooth tool.

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