Why is my rectangle tool creating skewed rectangles in Adobe Illustrator CC?

I am experiencing the same problem! Any shape tool I try to use has some kind of pre-defined shear angle. And the constrain angle is set to 0º in Preferences...
Can anybody please help? I just want to draw a square!!!

Similar Messages

How to Create a Ribbon in Adobe Illustrator

Pretty cool article I found here: http://www.layerform.com/create-a-ribbon-in-adobe-illustrator/
Goes over how to create a flat ribbon, expand its appearance and then bend it for a unique shape!
Just thought i would share with you guys!

Have it as you will but that tutorial is old hat. If you like that style better you can do the same with the 3D effect and much more quickly. A single stroke, 3D Extrude, expand and a tiny bit of editing

Unable to set bounding box using rectangle tool on small rectangles

I just upgraded to InDesign CC and keep getting an error message "Unable to set bounding box" when I try to create a small rectangle. The tool works fine when creating a larger rectangle -- it only gives me the error when creating a very small rectangle. Never had this problem in CS5.
Anyone else run across this?

Check what your default stroke weight is. If the stroke weight is to wide for the size of the box you are trying to draw, you will get that message.

How do i create a hyperlink in adobe illustrator

how do I create a hyperlink in illustrator?

You can create hyperlinks using slices and Save for Web.
Mylenium

Changing Thickness of Lines Created with Rectangle Tool in CS2?

I am trying to change the thickness of the lines for a rectangle drawn using the Rectangle Tool in Photoshop CS2.
I can not figure out how to change the thickness of the lines of the four sides of the rectangle before I draw the rectangle using the Rectangle Tool or after the Rectangle has been drawn. The same problem seems to occur when using the Polygon Tool, Ellispse Tool, etc.
I can transform the rectangle to make it bigger or smaller, etc. but it seems like I should be able to vary the thickness of the lines for a rectangle.
Is this task possible in Photoshop? It's simple in Illustrator - this seems like it should be a pretty simple task in P-shop. I have looked on Google and in Help for P-shop CS2 for an answer but can not locate a solution. Am I not seeing something really obvious?
Any help is greatly appeciated.
Thanks!

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
I am making a path. That said, in Photoshop CS2 I don't see where I can select a brush size once I have selected the Rectangle Tool to increase the desired thickness or weight of the path for that rectangle. Since I am creating a path why would I use/select a brush size? I have attached a screen shot which shows what I am seeing when I select the Rectangle Tool and attempt to change the thickness of the path. The attached image aslo shows what I am trying to accomplish. I don't see where I can select the weight or thickness - even when I right-click with the mouse, etc. Even if I try to change the Style from the Option bar it seems overly complex for such a simple task.
When using the Line Tool in Photoshop CS2 you do have an option to change the line thickness or weight but when I click on the Rectangle Tool that option for changing the the line thickness or weight disappears.
I realize P-shop CS2 isn't specically designed for drawing, like Illustrator, but what I am trying seems simple.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time!

How can I change the frame around a title created with the Rectangle Tool?

In PrE 7, I have been creating titles (e.g.: Title > New Title > Default Still, etc.) for a long time and using the many ways to manipulate the text (type, color, size, animation, etc.). Today, I tried to use the Rectangle Tool (or the Ellipse Tool, or the Line Tool) and they created a beautiful 'frame' (like a picture frame: artistically designed and colored) and I can change the background color within the frame and place any text (also background picture, etc.) in it. However, I couldn't find any way to change the 'frame' or the general style of these title objects. Is there any way to do this, or this is the only design that can be created with these tools? I would greatly appreciate any help (couldn't find any in this u2u site). Thanks, Laci.

Laci,
Yes, you can apply Styles to several Rectangles (or other Shapes), to simulate a "frame." The Styles should appear as Text in the Styles Panel. Since you are working with Shapes, but viewing the Styles applied to Text, it is not perfectly intuitive as to what those Styles look like with the Shapes.
Personally, I find that doing things like "frames" in Photoshop and then Importing the PSD's into PrE is far, far easier. In that case, I would place the PSD on Video Track 1 (unless I wanted it to appear superimposed over my Video (like a PiP), and then do the text in a PrE Title, and place it above the PSD.
Here is an example:
This is a simple "picture frame" created in PS. I used a still image, instead of text in this case. These could be "wood-grained," "granite," etc.
Much more control and tons of Effects and Filters that can be applied.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - that is from PrPro, so the GUI will look quite different, but things work the same way.

Problem rotating rectangle (selecting corners) after creating with rectangle tool in illustrator

I'm using the latest CC version of Illustrator. When I draw a rectangle using the rectangle tool, I no longer seem to be able to select the corners to resize the rectangle nor does the cursor turn to a rotate icon when I put the mouse just outside the corner. I know that Ai CC treats rectangles differently now, with the live rectangles and the rounded corner options, and the transform box opening automatically. What I'm wondering, and hoping isn't the case, is whether this is this at the expense of being able to go right in and resize using the just the mouse? I know that there is the "Object > Shape > Expand" option, but having to do that for every time I draw a rectangle is time-consuming and adds and extra step that was unnecessary before. I saw a tutorial on Lynda where the instructor drew a live rectangle in CC AND was still able to resize it by grabbing the corner "handle". Anyone know if this is just a setting I need to turn on or something similarly easy, or is it a case of Adobe inadvertently making the workflow longer when trying to make it easier? And yes, I have "show bounding box" selected under VIEW.

MOD indi-go girl,
I am afraid you have come across the Live Rectangle bug which is limited to the MAC versions starting with 10.7 and 10.8, but not 10.9 (Mavericks) or 10.10 (Yosemite). Hopefully, the bug will be fixed soon.
So a switch to Mavericks or Yosemite with a reinstallation might be the way to solve it here and now.
To get round it in each case, it is possible to Expand the Live Rectangles to get normal old fashioned rectangles, or to Pathfinder>Unite, or to use the Scale Tool or the Free Transform Tool.
A more permanent way round that is to create normal old fashioned rectangles, after running the free script created by Pawel, see this thread with download link:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1587587

Why does my rectangle tool sometimes doesn't work?

Hi all I just want to know why my rectangle tool doesn't work

Because you haven't turned on the computer?
Because you're using Photoshop 2.0.7?
Because you are using Word?
You've offered zero information for anyone to help.

Why is Rectangle Tool's matching dimension feature not working?

With the Rectangle Tool's cursor is clicked in the document.
The Rectangle Panel appears.
A height dimension is entered.
With the pointer, the Width field is clicked.
Usually, the Height Value gets automatically entered in the Width field.
In this case it does not.
This same behavior is occuring in the Ellipse Tool.
What has changed?
Thanks
iMac 3.4Ghz 32 GB
OSX 10.8.2
Illustrator CS6

I may not have been clear on what is not working... the feature I am trying to create has been in Illustrator for several versions... another discusion on this site deals with the same problem...
see http://forums.adobe.com/message/4910715... it is explained...
'There has always been a one click solution, just like the help file says. Try it in CS5, click once with the tool, enter your width value, click on the word height, ill copies the width value into the height field, hit enter and you are done.'
it is this function that I have used for years.

How do I eliminate the automatic pop-up created when using the Rectangle Tool?

For some odd reason, Acrobat 9 is now adding a pop-up every time I use the Rectangle Tool. I am using the Rectangle Tool merely to draw a box around text but I do NOT want there to be an associated pop-up. Is there a way to change it so the pop-up will not be automatically created and all I will get is the rectangle itself?
Thanks for your help!
Jim

Something to try -
Open Acrobat's Preferences. Select the Commenting category. The second (middle) pane has Pop-Up Open Behavior configuration settings. Playing with what is or is not ticked may provide the desired pop-up behavior.
Be well...

Rounded Rectangle Tool: Only creates outlines

Desired solution: a rounded rectangle filled with color #00628b, 40px high, 200px long.
Situation: The rounded rectangle tool produces an outline in the my foreground color. I have been unable to make this tool create a rounded rectangle that is the color I listed above.
Thanks,
Confused_2_much11

Pick the right tool in the options bar. (Ignore the pen – the choice is the same for the rounded rectangle.)

Why rotated rectangle tool can't draw rotated ROI on image?

I want to use the tool window to draw a rotated rectangle on image, but each time, it seems only draw a rectangle, it can't rotate. Don't know why?
In Vision Assitant, if I use rotated rectangle tool, it will show like this:
Using the cross lines in rectangle, I can rotate my ROI, it is OK.
Run the sample code: C:\Users\Public\Documents\National Instruments\CVI\samples\Vision\2. Functions\Geometric Matching, change imaqShowToolWindow (FALSE);
to imaqShowToolWindow (TRUE);
on line 93#. Compile then run. Seems I also can't rotate my ROI, don't know why?
Please show me? Thank you.

Hi,
You cannot perform action on an overlay. In order to achieve what you want to do, I suggest you to use the ROI property in an image property node. Then just pass your ROI coordinates, the ROI will be updated automatically whenever your coordinates changes. You can drag a ROI this is impossible with an overlay.
Regards

Rounded rectangle tool malfunction

I have one particular image that I'm unable to apply the rounded rectangle tool to.
Here's my steps:
Flattened image.
Double clicked to unlock.
Created mask.
Clicked on rounded rec.
Clicked on solid fill.
Set at 90pix ( radius )
Pulled rounded rec tool diagonally across image.
Created rounded rec shape obscuring image below.
NOW COMES THE PROBLEM:
Unable to activate rectangle "marching ants".
Unable to click on inverse in Select.
Unable to created separate rounded rectangle shape.
I have done this successfully with other images , but this one befuddles me.
What am i missing here?
Thank You.

davidn46 wrote:
I've already clearly stated what it is I want to do.
I followed your steps If you look in the history palette you should see that I did. I do not see any problem that is why I wrote I do not know exactly what you did could you please post a screen capture of your problem, you wrote
Here's my steps:
Flattened image. ------------------------------------------Third step in history
Double clicked to unlock. -------------------------------- fourth step make background layer a normal layer
Created mask. ---------------------------------------------- fifth step Add layer mask
Clicked on rounded rec. ---------------------------------- does not record in history
Clicked on solid fill. ---------------------------------------- does not record in history
Set at 90pix ( radius ) ------------------------------------- does not record in history
Pulled rounded rec tool diagonally across image.---sixth step
Created rounded rec shape obscuring image below.?? there is no image below there only the converted backgroung

Fix the pathetic rounded-rectangle tool.

Ugh, why do we waste our time?
I made a rounded rectangle with the rounded-rectangle tool. Then, as often happens, I needed to change the corner radius. Of course the "help" was useless, so a Web search revealed that YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE RADIUS.
Can I get a WTF here?
Oh, but then I read that there's an alternate way to create a rounded rectangle, which is to draw a regular rectangle and then apply a rounded-rectangle "effect" to it.
Dare I ask the question that should be obvious to even the most computer-illiterate imbecile in the audience: Why didn't the rounded-rectangle tool do this in the first place?

Anyone being harsh on Corel Draw hasn't compared it to Illustrator. Illustrator's useless selection mode alone is a deal-breaker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/forensicpics/1800773495/in/set-72157600304785497

When creating a rectangle shap, how to manually set dimensions

I am creating a rectangular shape with the tool (U).
How can I manually set the dimensions (height and width).
I know I can see the dimensions with the info button in the right side bar, bug I want to edit those values.
Is this possible?

You can set the dimensions before using the rectangle tool in the
tool options bar (fixed size).
Or you can change the dimensions after, by using the move tool or Edit<Free Transform Path
and entering the dimensions in pixels (px) in the width and height boxes.
MTSTUNER

Why is my rectangle tool creating skewed rectangles in Adobe Illustrator CC?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for