: Brush stroke a path with thin-thick-thin in Photoshop So i know I can use brush simulate a brush stroke from thin-thick-thin and thick to thin with the fade option . Is there a way

@Caterina889

It is not possible in Photoshop to use the Fade feature on both ends of a stroke. The only way to accomplish that is via a tablet with brush dynamics and pressure.

With Illustrator there are a couple methods to alter the width of a stroke.


You can use the Width Tool to manually click-drag areas along a path to increase or decrease a stroke's width.





You can choose a Profile for a stroke in the Stroke Panel or Control Panel (This essentially just applied the width variables in a predetermined fashion.)




Photoshop contains no features which are similar to this.

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@Courtney577

Illustrator has a width tool for strokes (CS5+): Illustrator Quick Tip: Adjusting Line Width with Stroke Profiles. So you can make the path and then edit the end point widths.

I am not sure how you would achieve the pen pressure without a tablet.

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