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Is there a way to make a specific curve that is perfect? It seems that with the pen tool you have to "eyeball" the curve as you drag it. I know that you can use the ellipse tool to make a perfect circle and then use the eraser or scissors tool to cut out a section of it, but that isn't really an ideal method. What I'd like to be able to do is while creating a path with the pen tool place an anchor for the next segment of the path and then specify e.g., a 6" radius, and have it make the path with a perfect 6" radius curve.
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[Man after my own heart]
> Is there a way to make a specific curve that is perfect?
Not with anything even approaching a sensible, no-nonsense procedure. What do you expect? This is only the top-selling vector drawing program, and it's only been on the market for 20+ years, charging loyal customers a couple hundred dollars for 14 version upgrades so far.
There are two--count 'em, TWO--Round Corners commands. One is a Filter, the other is an Effect. Both prompt you for a radius. Whether you actually get the value you enter as a radius of the curve is a matter of so many ridiculous caveats that you might as well consider it useless.
Example:
Assume your Ruler units are set to inches.
1. Rectangle Tool: Click. (Don't drag.) In the resulting dialog, enter 1" for both height and width.
2. White Pointer: click the lower left anchorPoint to select it. Delete. Now you have the most basic of all figures you might want to put a specified radius on, right? A 3-point path forming a right angle. Furher, you know its height and width; both legs of the right angle are 1" in length.
3. Filter>Stylize>RoundCorners. In the resulting modal dialog, enter .75" for the radius. Click OK.
4. The corner rounds.
5. DirecSelect (sigh--white pointer) the rounded segment (not the points, the segment). Copy. PasteInFront.
6. Look at the Transform Palette and tell me the height and width of the arc (should be equal to the radius, right? Tell me what you get. I get .5".
Why does Illustrator work this way? The only feedback I ever get when I raise issues like this is something akin to, "James, not everyone wants to do
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A straightforward user-defined corner radius is too
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> hello, everyone.
> I am in the process of designing a new website for
myself, and while I was
> researching nicely designed pages to use as inspiration,
I stumbled upon
> this
> site:
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http://www.jeffsarmiento.com/
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> of
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> an example.
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> bulk
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> left of
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like this that
> will
> scale to fit any amount of content or any resolution? I
can't imagine that
> the
> guy that made that site created a new size background
every time he made
> an
> update, so there has to be an easier way.
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