Smooothing Out Paths in Illustrator

[extraterrestrial]

Hi Guys!

I am trying to find a smart way of smoothing out a path that I have created for a logo. The Logo was traced with my wacom pen from a sketch using the pen tool in Illustrator. I have found that the final result after tracing has came out very crooked. I started smoothing the artwork out manually with the "Convert Anchor Point Tool" but I have found that this procedure is too time consuming and the results arent the best.
If anybody have any tips? Please Help!

There is a a perfect tool in Macromedia Flash that does this in seconds! (crooked human curved squiggle to a nicely curved non human squiggle)

 

[tperkins]

in IllustratorCS try "Object>Path>Simplify..."

Tony Perkins

 

[itchybug]

E.T.:

Another option would be to use the smooth tool (Hold down the Pencil tool and select the center variant), double-click it to adjust the settings, the advantage of this tool is that you can attack line segments individually as opposed to the whole-object application of the Simplify tool.

Another option would be to use one of the liquify tools, turn on simplify in the dialog (double-click the tool), and set the strength level close to zero.

HTH

Bert

Bert Philippus -

http://www.itchybug.com

 

[extraterrestrial]

Thanks Experts!

You Guys are fast! Impressed! I have used the techniques, they helped.

Much Appreciated!