Rounded Corners
1. Making rounded corners is EASY in Illustrator. Of course you can make rounded shapes in Illustrator but you can convert line path to rounded corners as well.
2. Make your path or line, and then just go to EFFECT > STYLIZE > ROUND CORNERS.
3. Set the radius of your choice, then hit OK.
4. You can go to the STROKE tab and change the stroke weight. I also like to round off the edges sometimes by hitting the middle button on the top right hand side.
Very helpful..thanks
Hi
I have tried this with a banner i made in photoshop cs4. I am importing the banner into Ai Cs3 but the rouding process will not work. Any ideas?
you cannot apply rounded corners to rasterized objects. it has to be a vector shape. you are doing the method backwards. you should create the rounded elements in illustrator and bring them into photoshop as a smart object.
you cannot import something from photoshop to illustrator and expect to use the vector effects on it.
I scanned in crayon drawings of race car tracks and traced over them and then tried this style on the paths. When I gave it back to them, I said its now a NASCAR approved track.
for some reason this will NOT work for me at all. I create a line with the line segment tool, just like u have in your example. Then I select all, and go to effect- stylize- rounded corners. I have my settings on pixels, I can put in as many as 500px, but nothing will happen. No curves at all. Help?
I have the same problem as Anonymous. Please help.
Line segment tool? I use a pen tool for any type of line creation with Illustrator. In CS3 and 4, Its under FILTER > STYLIZE > ROUNDED CORNERS. This tutorial is a bit out dated due to the fact that it was written using CS1 or 2. New version update will have updated illustrator tutorials. Please hang tight.
excellent!!
Thank you!!!
GREAT TUTORIALS, THANK YOU
@Anonymous: try using the pen tool
It works if you use the Pen Tool to create your line segments.
yes you can use the pen tool to achieve this too
@Chris: