7 Replies Latest reply: Jan 19, 2010 6:58 AM by luciele RSS

    Rounded corners - different in CS4

    luciele Community Member

      Hello,

       

      In CS3, to create a square or rectangle with only some of the corners rounded, I would do the following:

       

      1. Create a square/rectangle
      2. Apply the Effect > Stylise > Rounded Corners effect to it
      3. Create a new square, and align it to the corner I wanted to be square
      4. In Pathfinder, do Add to shape area

       

      When I do the same in CS4, the rounded corners on the first shape disappear when I do "Add to shape area" in Pathfinder.

       

      Does anybody know of any reason why this would not work in CS4?

       

      I've attached 2 screenshots below that show the results in CS3 and CS4.

       

      Thanks for any help.

        • 1. Re: Rounded corners - different in CS4
          Jacob Bugge CommunityMVP

          Lucie,

           

          It may be too silly, but to get round it, you may use the Round Any Corner script here: http://park12.wakwak.com/~shp/lc/et/en_aics_script.html

          • 2. Re: Rounded corners - different in CS4
            luciele Community Member

            Thanks Jacob, that's a good workaround to the problem. I've also discovered that if I do the rounded corners using the Rounded Rectangle Tool (as opposed to using Effect > Stylize > Rounded Corners), it works for some reason. (Although it would be nice if it worked as before in CS3)

             

            I'm wondering though why it's not already an option in Illustrator to be able to select which corners you want rounded, it certainly would save a lot of time. Browsing the forum it seems I'm not the only one who could benefit from this feature :-)

            • 3. Re: Rounded corners - different in CS4
              Wade_Zimmerman Community Member

              As far as I can see this des nt happen in CS 4 at least not on my Mac.

               

              I actually do not know how you accomplished what you are showing but if I use the the effect or the tool for round corners they still work the same way.

               

              In case of the effect if you apply the effect to the layer or the group it works as expected and if you group the rounded corner rectangle with the smaller rectangle you overlay and use the pathfinder Effect>Add and the group the two objects they will work as you want themto.

               

              I have no problem with this in CS 4. Below is the effect with the two objects still live.

               

              Screen shot 2010-01-18 at 6.17.36 PM.png

              • 4. Re: Rounded corners - different in CS4
                JETalmage Community Member

                Pathfinder Shape Modes can be applied either as an Effect or as an ordinary uniion of the paths. In versions prior to CS4, the default for those buttons applied an Effect, which you would then Expand to "nail down" as an ordianry path operation. You could optionally AltClick the Shape Mode Pathfinders to cause them to be applied as ordinary path operations.

                 

                In CS4, the default/optional behaviors were swapped. Now the default is to apply a normal path operation, and AltClicking applies it as Shape Mode Effect.

                 

                CS3 will yield the same result as you are getting in CS4 if you AltClick the Shape Mode Pathfinder instead of just clicking it. So inversely, I would expect that in CS4, you can get the same result as in CS3 if you AltClick the Shape Mode.

                 

                Related, the Filters menu was removed in CS4, so I assume Round Corners is only applied as an Effect which has to be Expanded to make it an ordinary path.

                 

                JET

                • 5. Re: Rounded corners - different in CS4
                  Doug Katz Community Member

                  Correct on all counts.

                  • 6. Re: Rounded corners - different in CS4
                    Mylenium CommunityMVP

                    Seconded. Change in default button behavior, nothing more.

                     

                    Mylenium

                    • 7. Re: Rounded corners - different in CS4
                      luciele Community Member

                      It works now in CS4 if I Altclick when selecting Unite in the Pathfinder panel. Thanks very much for your help.