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helloflash123
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May 14, 2012
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how to create round corners / edges of an image in illustrator ?

  • May 14, 2012
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how to create round corners / edges of an image in illustrator ?

I have googled a lot but everywhere I find round corners of a shape by going to "Choose Effect > Stylize > Round Corners."

But I DO NOT want round corners of a shape, I have a image (jpeg), how to cut the corners and make them round ?

please help

    Correct answer Gustavo Del Vechio

    @helloflash312

    You can create a rounded rectangle and put it above your image. Select both (image and shape) and go Object > Clipping Mask > Make. This will create a mask and it´s a group.

    You can acess Layers panel....open the group hierarchy..move the image and the mask as separated itens.

    Gustavo.

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    Johannis305112049c59
    Participant
    June 15, 2023

    How to round an image in illustrator 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_1wTik4-Tg

     

    How to round 1 corner

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBSlQIfFJvY

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    Gustavo Del VechioCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    May 14, 2012

    @helloflash312

    You can create a rounded rectangle and put it above your image. Select both (image and shape) and go Object > Clipping Mask > Make. This will create a mask and it´s a group.

    You can acess Layers panel....open the group hierarchy..move the image and the mask as separated itens.

    Gustavo.

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      helloflash123Author
      Known Participant
      May 14, 2012

      Thanks but I don't understand the last line "You can acess Layers panel....open the group hierarchy..move the image and the mask as separated itens."

      What exactly I need to do here ?

      http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/3339/rounda.png

      Please help me with the steps and how to do it ?

        Jacob Bugge
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        Jacob BuggeCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        May 14, 2012

        Ok here are the steps that I followed, guys please correct me where I am wrong:

        Step1: Opened image in illustrator

        http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9040/step1re.png

        Step2: Selected rectangle tool from the tool bar, placed a rectangular area on the image, made the rectangular area as rounded corners:

        http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/9725/step2m.png

        Step 3: Defined the radius of round corners

        http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/1870/step3vh.png

        Steps 4: By holding SHIFT + CTRL, selected image and the rectangular with rounded corners

        http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3329/step4bv.png

        Step 5: Now selected Clipping Mark > Make

        http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/7650/step5d.png

        Step 6: After selecting "Mask", I get this

        http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/816/step6a.png

        Now I don't know what to do, as you can see in the layer panel, I have the group. Please HELP !!!


        helloflash,

        Just a tiny elaboration: when you apply an effect, it only changes the appearance but makes no change to the basic underlying path, which is used as the Clipping Path. Expanding appearance actually changes the (basic) path to one with that appearance.

        Edit: Reading this post reminds me of Farewell to Shady Glade.

        Edit edit: And what Monika said, apart from the fact that you can also just use the (normal) Selection Tool (or you could when Illy was young).

        Edit edit edit: And what Emil said.

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