Controlling Corners With New Tools in Illustrator CC
I’ve been using Illustrator for years, and have been wishing for a few more intuitive tools. While sometimes Illustrator has always felt a little “technical” and rigid to me, I’ve still always loved it. I actually learned Illustrator before I learned Photoshop. However, i always felt like Illustrator was really rigid as a drawing and illustration tool. Thankfully, Adobe has made moves to change Illustrator, adding features to make working with paths and shapes easier and more intuitive. After trying the new controls, it makes you wonder how you lived all these years without them. I’ve seen a lot of people online, saying that other programs have had these features for years, and it is about time that Adobe catches up. I am happy to say that Adobe is making the right move with these new capabilities. Now, you can control points and corners easily with just a click and a drag of your mouse.
What I like the most about the new update to Illustrator’s capabilities is the fact that you can take any corner, and with the Direct Selection Tool, you can click and drag to reshape it. You can make it round, or take it from being round to square. I love it! There’s a little tiny circle icon that shows up in each corner, and when you hover over it, with the corner being selected, your tool’s cursor changes. That lets you know that you can click and drag to change it. If you select the whole shape using the direct selection tool, as I did in the video, when you alter one corner, it alters all of them. This is amazing, excellent, and super-intuitive. Imagine trying to do all of this by hand, like we’ve always done. It’s all about saving time and working faster.
