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Using the hidden Corners dialog box

Using the hidden Corners dialog box - Illustrator Tutorial

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Using the hidden Corners dialog box

In this movie, I'll show you how to edit your rounded corners, using the options in the Corners dialog box. I'll go ahead and start things off by selecting this object with the Black Arrow tool. And you can see that I filled it with green. I've also rotated it 18 degrees, because I think it looks better that way. And now switch to the Wide Arrow tool. Now, notice because all of the corners are selected, if I drag one of these corner controls, I will modify the roundness of all the corners but I am doing so relative to how round the corners were in the first place. Anyway, I'm going to press Ctrl+Z, or Cmd+Z on the Mac, to undo that modification. Another way to work, is to double-click on any one of these controls, in order to bring up the Corners dialogue box. And notice now, the radius value is empty. And that's because the various corners are rounded to different degrees. If you want to make them all the same, then you can just enter a value. For example, I'll change the radius…

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