Thickening

Thickening

The Thickening filter makes raster objects thicker by specified number of pixels. A combination of thickening directions can be chosen.
The following figure below shows the Thickening filtration effect if all directions are chosen. The left picture shows the original raster image, and the picture on the right shows the result of Thickening filtration after three passes.

The figure below shows the Thickening filtration effect if only the Vertical thickening direction is chosen. The picture on the left shows the original raster image, and the picture on the right shows the result of Thickening filtration after three passes.

To thicken an object

1. Define the selection set to process and choose Thickening from Filters menu or press the button on Filters toolbar.

2. Select a desired thickening direction: Horizontal – by horizontal, Vertical – by vertical, All – horizontal, vertical and diagonal.
3. Choose Apply.