How Do I Make an Object Smooth in Illustrator?
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What is the smooth tool in Illustrator?

The Smooth Tool lets you go back and slightly modify a selected Path by drawing over it. (The Path doesn’t have to have been created by the Pencil Tool for the Smooth Tool to work.) You can: Access the Smooth Tool by clicking on it in the Tools Panel or in a floating panel (if you’ve made one).

How do I smooth out a pixelated image in Illustrator?

Select the image, and then hold down the Pen tool icon in the tools palette. Choose the “Delete Anchor Point” tool. Your cursor now shows a pen with a minus sign as you move over the artboard. Click on any points you wish to remove from paths in order to smooth them.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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