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marcbjango
marcbjango
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April 3, 2011
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P: It would be good if the roundrect vector tool corner radius was editable during and after drawing

  • April 3, 2011
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Problem Description — Illustrator allows realtime tweaking of the corner radius of rounded rectangles while drawing, using the arrow keys. It’s brilliant and takes the guesswork out of drawing rounded rectangles. Drawing a roundrect in Photoshop is a trial and error affair, because you have to choose the corner radius prior to drawing.

This means it usually takes several attempts to draw a rounded rectangle, because you have to delete what you’ve done and start again each time. It’d be even better if the rounded rect’s corner radius remained editable after drawing. Allowing a different corner radius for each corner would be the icing on the cake. Given the current implementation of vector rounded rectangles in Photoshop, I’m not sure how it’d be possible to implement edibility without significant changes.

Workaround — Lots of trial and error, drawing and redrawing until the correct radius is achieved.

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    August 13, 2012
    Thanks for the script David! Unfortunately every time I use it Photoshop crashes... Any ideas?
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    Yelnats1
    Known Participant
    August 12, 2012
    You can try this. It works a bit differently, and may be a bit glitchy. Type a number in the middle box and press enter to change the radius of all corners, or type in the corner boxes to change each corner individually. You may have to press Esc to exit the dialog.
    http://sites.google.com/site/davidjen...
    Put it in {photoshop directory}/presets/scripts/
    It should show up in you File->Scripts menu the next time you start Photoshop.
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    Anonymous
    July 31, 2012
    I was wondering the same thing. It doesn't load at all anymore. I miss it.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    July 31, 2012
    hi
    David Jensen, do you have extension of Corner Radius for cs6? 🙂
    Garconis
    Garconis
    Known Participant
    July 19, 2012
    I can't believe Photoshop CS6 came so close to incorporating the ability to edit the radius. It even looks like it will work. But alas, it does not. When I have a "rounted reactangle" object selected, it should at least let me edit the corners radius again. Instead I have to create a whole new one and delete the old one.
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    May 15, 2012
    Change corner radius of rounded rectangles after drawing them.
    like fireworks.

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    Anonymous
    March 30, 2012
    It would be great to be able to adjust the edges of rectangular shapes whenever we like, hence even after creation. Theoretically Photoshop wouldn't need three shapes like:
    a) Rectangle Tool
    b) Rounded Rectangle Tool
    c) Ellipse Tool

    Instead we would have just one shape, but be able to adjust its edges directly within the workspace (having little handles for that). When the edges value would be "0" then it would be a rectangular shape. "100" would mean a circle, while all the other values in between would be rounded rectangle shapes. We would be able to change the values whenever we need.

    This would make us much more flexible. But there is even a further advantage, we would be able to transform the same thing from a rectangular shape into a circular one, without the need to create a new object instead as currently (if I don't miss anything)

    Thanks, Michael

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    xtraordinarykid
    Participant
    March 30, 2012
    When I use rounded rectangle tool.. if Up arrow or down arrow could help to adjust the radius(similar like flash) that would be cool.

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    oscarlosan
    Participating Frequently
    March 24, 2012
    Photoshop CS6:
    Rounded rectangle tool: change rounded corners

    would be nice:

    - Changed round every corner Radius property (not all at once)

    - After creating a rectangle, we can change stroke but not the radius

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    tylrmurphy
    Participating Frequently
    March 22, 2012
    I just posted about this on the CS6 forum: http://forums.adobe.com/message/42841...

    A solution that I proposed would be an option to use the regular rectangle tool, but to set rounded corners on regular rectangles in the tool options bar. By doing this, the rounded corners would not be created with anchor points, they would be more of a smart effect/mask on the rectangle shape.

    This way, you could select any rectangle and easily give it rounded corners in the tool options bar. You could also resize the rectangle without it screwing up your rounded corners, because the corners are not made with anchor points, they are just being applied to the rectangle shape.
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