Effect Overview
Tapered Path applies a taper to any path with a stroke effect enabled - open or closed. Tapered Path is found under the Shape category within the Effects Browser.
Effect Controls

PREREQUISITES: Object must be set to stroke
Start Size: [ Default 0 ] [ Range 0 - 100 ]
Sets the stroke size of the taper at the starting point of the path
Start Length: [ Default 50 ] [ Range 0 - 100 ]
Sets the length of the taper at the starting point of the path
0 being no taper and 100 a taper that ends at the midpoint of the stroke
End Size: [ Default 0 ] [ Range 0 - 100 ]]
Sets the stroke size of the taper at the ending point of the path
End Length: [ Default 50 ] [ Range 0 - 100 ]
Sets the length of the taper at the ending point of the path
0 being no taper and 100 a taper that ends at the midpoint of the stroke
Effect Previews
![]() | Tapered StrokeStart size: 0 Start length: 50 End size: 0 End length: 50 |
![]() | Starting TaperStart size: 0 Start length: 50 End size: 0 End length: 0 |
![]() | Ending TaperStart size: 0 Start length: 0 End size: 0 End length: 50 |
![]() | Blunt tapered endsStart size: 20 Start length: 0 End size: 20 End length: 50 |