Had I expanded the shapes, the result would look like Figure 4. This action effectively covered up the rounded corner with a square corner. With the second fill targeted, I applied a Transform effect that applied a 50% scale to the fill, and I instructed the Transform to be applied from a specific origin point - a corner of my choice. I then added an additional fill, which didn’t have rounded corners. To make this shape, I created a normal rectangle and used the normal Round Corners effect (under the Effect > Stylize menu). With that in mind, I offer my solution for creating rectangles with a rounded corner (or three) of your choice.įigure 3 is a rectangle that has rounded corners on two opposite sides. Each offer pros and cons and each offer benefits for certain design tasks. In Illustrator (more so than just about any other program) there are always a variety of ways to accomplish any design task. And of course, once it’s a style, it’s one click to apply it. I can use the same technique I just employed to do just that: round any specific corner, some, or all. If you want everything to be centered, apply a Transform effect to another fill (without rounded corners) with the exact opposite settings.Īll you FreeHanders are still snickering because FreeHand can round just one corner, and opposite corners. Use horizontal movements to add rounded corners to the left or right, and vertical movements to add rounded corners to the top or bottom. Under the Move section, adjust your fill slightly so that it’s offset from the original fill.
More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today. Then I use the Transform effect to offset the fills slightly so that rounded corners are visible on one side only, or just on the top or bottom (Figure 2) I use one fill with a rounded corner effect applied, and one without. So how did I do it? In a nutshell, I start with a regular rectangle. (I can hear those FreeHand users giggling because FreeHand can do that.) I can’t even begin to tell you how often I hear requests from folks who want to round only some of the corners of an object in Illustrator.
To complicate matters, he wanted the button style to be flexible enough that left-hand corners can be rounded, and right-hand corners can be rectangular corners, or vice versa (Figure 1). I recently got a request from someone who wanted to use Illustrator to create dynamically resizable buttons for a Web site.
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