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Rounded corner with outside stroke leaves gap

Apr 5, 2012 5:52 AM

I just got the trial of Illustrator CS5.5.1 and tried the following:

 

Set document to use pixels.

Draw a gradient filled rectangle.

Set 1px wide stroke on the outside.

Use the stylize effect rounded corners set to 2px.

 

corner.JPG

 

Why did I get a gap?

667 Views   8 Replies   Latest reply: Kurt Gold, Apr 5, 2012 2:24 PM
 
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  • Monika Gause
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    1. Monika Gause,
    Apr 5, 2012 6:00 AM   in reply to eobet
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    Turn off "Align to pixel grid" in transform panel. And please read about this feature, a search via Google should keep you busy for quite a long time.

     
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  • DayForce
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    2. DayForce,
    Apr 5, 2012 6:03 AM   in reply to eobet
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    Is "Align to Pixel Grid" (Transform panel) turned on for the object?

     
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  • eobet
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    3. eobet,
    Apr 5, 2012 6:09 AM   in reply to Monika Gause
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    I googled... and wow, what a disaster on Adobe's part.

     

    So, it's completely and utterly broken then, yet have been in place since CS5 and not even fixed in CS5.5? Amazing.

     
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  • Monika Gause
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    4. Monika Gause,
    Apr 5, 2012 6:19 AM   in reply to eobet
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    It's not "broken". It just does what it's meant to do.

     

    You only need to be aware of what it causes when applied improperly.

     
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    5. eobet,
    Apr 5, 2012 6:41 AM   in reply to Monika Gause
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    Are you saying that it's MEANT to not be able to align up a stroke to the outside of a path as an effect, but at the same time, the rouded corners effect is meant to do it?

     

    Whichever way you choose to swing that, that's a behavioral inconsistency.

     
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  • Monika Gause
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    6. Monika Gause,
    Apr 5, 2012 7:14 AM   in reply to eobet
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    Of course not.

     

    But since the function is intended for the output to screen you should maybe switch to pixel preview and see if it's still there...

     
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    7. eobet,
    Apr 5, 2012 7:19 AM   in reply to Monika Gause
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    Wow... that worked. But why produce the inconsistency in the first place?

     
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  • Kurt Gold
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    8. Kurt Gold,
    Apr 5, 2012 2:24 PM   in reply to eobet
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    The Align to Pixel Grid idea in AI is a callow draft. Only obedient AI advocates would praise it.

     
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