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Smart Shapes

Take your shapes beyond the basics with Smart Shapes. Customize rounded corners, add image fills, apply gradients and transparency effects, and create more polished, professional designs directly in Bannersnack.

Smart Shapes give you more creative control than standard shapes by allowing additional customization options such as rounded corners, image fills, gradients, borders, and transparency settings.

Whether you're creating buttons, containers, cards, or design accents, Smart Shapes help you build more polished and flexible designs without leaving the editor.

What Are Smart Shapes?

Smart Shapes are enhanced shape elements that include advanced styling controls not available on regular shapes.

With Smart Shapes, you can:

  • Adjust corner radius with rounded corners

  • Fill shapes with images

  • Apply color and transparent gradients

  • Customize borders

  • Control opacity

  • Create modern UI-style elements directly in your design

Adding a Smart Shape

To add a Smart Shape:

  1. Open the Elements panel.

  2. Navigate to Shapes.

  3. Select one of the available Smart Shapes.

  4. Click or drag the shape onto your canvas.

Once added, additional customization options become available in the properties panel.

Smart Shapes in Bannersnack allow designers to customize shapes with rounded corners, image fills, transparent gradients, borders, and opacity controls directly within the HTML5 banner editor.

Rounded Corners

One of the most commonly used Smart Shape features is the ability to adjust corner radius.

To round the corners:

  1. Select the shape.

  2. Open the Border panel.

  3. Locate the Rounded Corners control.

  4. Move the slider to increase or decrease the corner radius.

This is ideal for creating:

  • Buttons

  • Cards

  • Containers

  • Modern interface elements

Fill Shapes with Images

Smart Shapes can be used as image containers.

To add an image fill:

  1. Select your Smart Shape.

  2. Choose the Fill option.

  3. Upload or select an image.

  4. The image will automatically fill the shape.

This allows you to create custom image frames without additional masking steps.

Apply Gradients

Smart Shapes support gradient fills, including transparent gradients.

You can:

  • Create smooth color transitions

  • Fade elements into the background

  • Add depth and visual interest

  • Build overlays for text readability

Gradient controls can be accessed from the Fill settings after selecting a Smart Shape.

Customize Borders

Smart Shapes offer border controls that let you customize:

  • Border color

  • Border weight

  • Border opacity

These settings help create outlined buttons, containers, badges, and other design elements.

Adjust Transparency

You can modify the opacity of both the shape and its styling properties to create subtle overlays and layered effects.

This is particularly useful for:

  • Hero banners

  • Background overlays

  • UI mockups

  • Promotional creatives

Best Practices

For the best results when using Smart Shapes:

  • Use rounded corners to create modern-looking buttons and cards.

  • Combine image fills with borders for custom image frames.

  • Use transparent gradients to improve text readability over images.

  • Keep corner radius consistent across your design for a more professional appearance.

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