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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

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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marcbjango
marcbjango作成者
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April 7, 2011
Without starting a huge debate on the topic, I'll just say that I've tried lots of different apps and methods and I really love Photoshop. Part of that will be due to my history (have been using it since version 2), but I've always tried to reassess regularly and make sure I'm using the best possible methods.

So while Photoshop may be lacking in some ways for UI design, it's still my favourite. And if some of these smallish things can be tweaked, I think it'll be the best tool for the job by far.

This site gives me confidence that Adobe want to address the small things that matter to UI designers.
Inspiring
April 6, 2011
or you could use fireworks...
Adobe Employee
April 6, 2011
This is another great suggestion.
marcbjango
marcbjango作成者
Known Participant
April 6, 2011
Yes. Buttons all over the internet would weep with joy if that was possible.
Inspiring
April 5, 2011
It would be great if after creating a rounded rectangle I were able to resize it without affecting the corners. It would also be great to adjust roundness after it was created.

I'd call it "smart rectangles" 😉