Creative Tip: Round a Few (but not all) Corners in InDesign.
Last week, Jason spent some time working with rounded corners in InDesign. But here is a question that came up during our class Q&A that we didn’t have an immediate answer for:
What if I only want to round a couple corners on my rectangle?
You could draw those rounded corners by hand with the Pen tool, or combine two separate boxes using InDesign’s pathfinder tools. But that’s kind of time consuming. Instead, it turns out there is an easy solution in the built-in script samples that Adobe provides.
Pull up the Scripts panel by choosing Window > Automation > Scripts. Look in the Application Samples and you’ll find a script named CornerEffects. Select a box and double-click on this script. You’ll be presented with a (somewhat clunky) dialog that lets you apply the rounded effect to specific corners.
Our friend James Dempsey at The Graphic Mac has a good write-up:
The Graphic Mac: Creating rounded corner boxes easily with InDesign scripts.
Source: Last week’s InDesign class on shapes and guides was jam-packed with tips and tricks. Here are links to purchase downloads of our current InDesign course, as well as last month’s completed Photoshop course:
June 1st, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Thanks for the link love guys! Oh, by the way, calling the dialog box “clunky” is a bit generous, don’t ya think?
June 2nd, 2009 at 4:12 am
Ah, “Layers” magazine’s favorite graphic box! I’ve done it manually, but this is much better.
July 9th, 2009 at 3:33 am
Mr Thicky not working…what am I doing wrong…using InDesign CS3…
July 24th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Thanks for the lesson! Been wondering for a way how to do this for ages! Wonder why Adobe buries such an everyday effect like this.