How to Create a Circle in Adobe Illustrator

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This tutorial will show you an easy way to create a circle in Adobe Illustrator.

Things You Should Know

  • To create a circle in Adobe Photoshop, you'll use the Ellipse tool, which you'll find on the left toolbar.
  • After creating a circle, you can specify its dimensions by clicking the Transform tab and entering your desired width and height.
  • You can fill the circle with a solid color, gradient, or pattern, as well as change the color and thickness of its border.

Steps

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    Type the size of the circle you want in the Options box.
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    If you don't mine about the dimensions, you can change a size by click at a circle and you'll see a transform guide, by this, hold the Shift key and adjust the size by use a transform guide
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