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12. Click one of the Live Corner widgets and drag toward the center of the
shape. When cursor feedback shows a corner radius of approximately 12 pt,
release the mouse button.
The Live Corner widgets allow you to manually adjust the corner radius for all corners
on the selected shape. Dragging in toward the shape center increases the corner radius;
dragging out toward the corner decreases the corner radius.

Because the entire object is selected, dragging any of the widgets applies the same
change to all corners on the shape. To change only certain corners, you can use the
Direct Selection tool to select the corner points you want to affect before dragging a
Live Corner widget.

Dragging the Live Corner
widget affects the shape
of all selected corners.

Cursor feedback
shows the corner
radius as you drag.

More about Working with Live Corners Click inside the

ILLUSTRATOR FOUNDATIONS with either Selection tool. For any other Select the shape with entire object (and
If a shape is an actual rectangle (with
all 90° corners), the Live Corner widgets
shape to select the
appear whenever the shape is selected
all shape corners).
shape, including a four-cornered polygon
the Direct Selection
Click specific corner
with different-angled corners, the widgets
tool to access the
points to select only
appear only when the shape is selected
Live Corner widgets.
those corners.
with the Direct Selection tool.
Option/Alt-clicking a Live Corner widget toggles through
The Corners subpanel, available in the Control panel, can be
used to change the shape, corner
chamfer/beveled). Again, only selected corners are affected
radius, and rounding of selected
by the shape change.
corners on non-rectangular shapes.
(If you have a wide enough the available corner shapes (round, inverted round, and
application frame, the Corner Radius
field might appear directly in the Control panel. If you don’t
see it, you must click the Corners hot-text link to open the
subpanel and its Corner Radius field.)
If the entire object is selected, dragging any one Live Corner Round Inverted Round Chamfer
widget affects all corners on the same shape (below left).
If you want to affect only specific corners, you can select Corner shapes have two rounding options, relative and
those points first and then drag any of the visible widgets to absolute (the default). Using absolute corners, the radius
change only the selected corners (below right). between two connecting points exactly matches the defined
value. Using relative corners, the corner curve is extended
slightly to create a more natural-seeming shape.

Relative corner Absolute corner

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