Jason Hoppe Adobe Certified Expert & Adobe Certified Trainer
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Classes
  • Blog
  • Blog Index
  • Portfolio
  • Max 2022

Design Points n PixelS


Infographic series - Live Corner creations (corner widgets)

10/25/2015

0 Comments

 
Live Corners in Illustrator are great for creating rounded, angled or inverse rounded corners on any shape that had a corner point. That means any square, rectangle, start or polygon has the ability to have the corners edited using Live Corners.
Picture
Picture
Live Corners appear on rectangles and square when you draw or select the shapes with the Selection Tool.
On other shapes like a polygon or star, you will ONLY see the Live Corners when you use the Direct Selection Tool and click on the shape.
Picture
Once the shape is selected and you see the Live Corner "Targets", click on one and pull toward the shape center to change the corners... and in this case you get a Guitar Pick.
Picture
Picture
If you want to round a few corners but not all the corners, use the Direct Selection Tool to select just the corners you want to reshape. In this case, pulling in on the lower two corners gives you a Raindrop. When you pull in to the corner limits, you will see the corners appear in RED, showing that the corners can go no further in.
Picture
If you try to scale the entire object smaller, it will not scale the corners since they are at their max radius. If you increase the shape, the corners will stay the same size and make the shape look different.
Picture
Picture
​To fix this, open the Transform Panel and check the Scale Rectangle Corners OR double click on the Scale Tool in the Tool Bar to set the preference to Scale Rectangle Corners.
Picture
Picture
This shape started as a rectangle and the corners can be changed from the control bar Corners Menu.
They can also be changed by selecting a corner on the shape with your Direct Selection Tool and OPTION click through the different corners while on a Live Corner. 
Picture
This is the result of the 3 Live Corner options when applied to a Star.
Rounded edges, Inverse rounded and Flat corners.
Key to this is to NOT pull the corners ALL the way from the edges of the star, pull them half way into the curve then stop or else some of these results will not appear!
Now you have a cupcake tin, funky burst and a gear. Enjoy.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    March 2021
    February 2021
    December 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home
  • Contact
  • Classes
  • Blog
  • Blog Index
  • Portfolio
  • Max 2022