How To Round Corners In Adobe Illustrator

When crafting designs that require granular alterations -- such as you would with logos and icons -- you're going to need to know how to make simple edits to the structure of a design, like rounding the corners. To round corners in Adobe Illustrator all we have to do is grab the Direct Selection tool and drag the Live Corner Widgets on the object. This is a rather simple concept that I'll be demonstrating in this tutorial.

After completing this tutorial, you'll be equipped with everything you need to know to round all of the corners, individual corners, multiple corners, change the corner type, and set a numerical value for the radius of a rounded corner. I'll also be addressing what to do if you can't round corners in Adobe Illustrator because the Live Corner Widgets aren't populating.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:24 Creating an object
00:54 Using the Direct Selection Tool
01:22 Rounding all of the corners
01:43 Rounding a single corner
01:59 Round multiple corners
02:24 Change corner radius
03:07 What if the widgets are missing
04:10 Conclusion

Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission

[THUNGUNS]

If you can't see this....

View > Show Corner Widget

[geef]

Thank you! I’ve got a Shaper Origin that I use for inlays in wood and this is exactly what I needed to make sure my images (especially text) work with my bit size! Clear. Concise. Perfect.

[collagestream]

Thanks. Simple and to the point, perfect for a refresher on Illustrator tasks.

[renteii]

thank you, love the simple and direct explanation

[gianfrancorusca]

Amazing. You made it so easy to understand

[marianamori]

This video helped me a lot! Thank you!!! 👏🤗

[leticiabarbosa]

Thank you! your video helped me a lot.

[saschab.]

Thank you so much, especially for that last part. I almost had given up.

[erfut]

The best tutorial I have ever followed, than You

[andydelphine]

additional! If you do the direct selection tool and the widgets are still missing go to the view then find and click the show corner widget.

[sugarUndergraund]

Can somebody help me? This tool won't appear to me unless im using just a shape, I can't do it even if i expand the text or anything, not even adding the outline :(

[willsperkins]

Thank you very much, was drawing too small!

[xnz]

I don't have this feature in my Illustrator. What should I do?

[viktorkongskov]

I've been using illustrator for years. I can't believe i didn't know about this

[jabeztadesse]

2:24 This was exactly what I was looking for.

[abdulbaariabdulkadir]

Hey I'm trying to give my image rounded corners but it doesn't work have any advice thanks😁

[bananabob]

Thanks for always putting out excellent content Nick. This vid was very helpful. Quick question - I'm having an issue when adding texture to a design. I follow the normal steps (bring in texture, copy it, select grouped design, and click make mask). While I can add the texture, I cannot move it around and see the live results. I'm constantly having to check and uncheck "clip" after I move the texture to see the result. Any thoughts?

[InstinctRush]

Thank you.. been struggling to find those live corners.. turns out my shape was too small

[Roy]

The live handles showed in the white spacing

[rsilva]

Hello, Great video! Do you know how to round corners in older versions of AI? I don't see that option to change the radius in my AI. Just seeing if you might now and can help. Thank You!