Making Corner Effects

Making Corner Effects

You can use corner effects on basic shapes to customize the shape’s look. Corner effects are great for adding an interesting look to borders. You can be very creative with some of the shapes you apply effects to or by applying more than one effect to a single shape.

Here’s how to create a corner effect on a rectangle:

1. Select the Rectangle tool and create a new rectangle anywhere on the page.

   Hold the Shift key when using the Rectangle tool if you want to create a square.

2. With the Selection tool, select the shape, and then choose Object®Corner Effects.

   The Corner Effects dialog box opens.

3. Choose an effect from the Effect drop-down list and enter a value into the Size text field.

   To create the corner effect shown in Figure, we chose Inverse Rounded from the Effect drop-down list and entered 2 in the Size field.

   
   Figure: A corner effect changes a dull rectangle into an interesting shape.

4. Click OK.

   The corner effect is applied to the shape.