Scalloped frame

[_Melanie_Barti_]

I am trying to make a frame with scalloped edges. Does anyone know an easy way to do this?
Thanks.

[_Luke_Jennings_]

No, but here's one way:
View> snap to grid. Make a circle, say .25". copy it, paste, snap to the right side of the first, repeat, say 10 times. select all 10, copy, paste, rotate as a group 90°, snap it to the bottom of the first circle, copy, paste, snap it to the bottom of the top right circle, repeat for the bottom of the frame. Select all, use live paint bucket to fill the inside with color. Object> expand, delete the circles and you are left with a scalloped frame.

[jgart123]

I too was needed a scalloped edge recently.

I used In Design (which has a "scallopie" edge option build in and dragged it into Illustrator.

It worked out nice and saved me work!

Hope this helps.

D

[Mordy Golding]

You might take a look at some of the pattern brushes that come with Illustrator. You can find them by choosing Window > Brush Libraries > Borders. While the borders are interesting on their own, they are there specifically for you to reverse engineer and learn how to customize your own versions. There is an interesting scalloped brush -- more stylized in nature.

🙂 Mordy

[drewalycealm · Accepted solution]

Here is another simple way to create a scalloped edge:

- With the Ellipse Tool, draw a small black circle with no stroke (the size you want the edge to be)

- Drag the circle into your Brushes panel

- A window will pop up, asking you to select a brush type; select "New Scatter Brush"

- A new window will pop up with scatter brush options; leave all of the default options which will look like this:

- Click "OK"

- Create a black shape with no stroke (such as a rectangle, circle or oval) to which you want to add the scalloped edge; while the shape is selected, click your new brush in the Brushes panel; this will apply the edge to your shape

- If needed, you can resize the shape to make the scallops line up just right; the result should look like this:

- To resize and recolor your new shape while maintaining the edge and shape proportions, you can go to the Object menu and select "Expand Appearance."  From there, chose the "Unite" option in the Pathfinder panel

I hope this is useful!

[cbly]

Thank you!  This was so easy and so useful!

Carol

[Silkrooster]

Maybe we should ask do you want the scalloped edge on the side like the previous post or the front like a picture frame?

[tromboniator]

Considering that the question is three-and-a-half years old it may be moot. I hope she finished her project.

[Silkrooster]

Ahh, I didn't look at the date. (slapping forehead now...)

[drewalycealm]

lol!  I hope she is done too.  I was really just posting for anyone who might be searching the topic. 

The brush is so simple to create and works well applied to a rectangle, circle or oval, so I wanted to share!

[Monika Gause]

For some objects scatter brushes are quite difficult to handle in this case.

If you have CS5, it would be easier to just apply a dotted line and let Illustrator adjust the dashes to ends and corners.

[jennifers48226704]

You definitely helped me!!

[mohitsinghaniya15]

Hi

Step1  : make a circle big cricle.

Step2:   make a small circle.

Step3:  now place the small circle center on the outline of the big circle.

Step4: select teh rotate tool and click on the center of big circle keep press alt and one dilouge box will apear and select the angle and click on copy now press ctrl+d.

Thing is that you have to put the right angle.

Thanks

Mohit

[jmvrankin]

If anyone is looking for a way to make scalloped edges in InDesign, this post has lots of tips: Creating Scalloped Edges