Fast rounded corners in Photoshop Sep10 '04

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# (1 of 60): Daniel J. Wilson » blog.wilsonet.com

6 hours, 15 minutes after the fact. (Fri 10 Sep 2004, 2:13 PM CST)

Thanks for posting this - I'm a Photoshop novice and this is one of the things I've wondered how to do without having to edit on a pixel level.

# (2 of 60): Matthom

7 hours, 32 minutes after the fact. (Fri 10 Sep 2004, 3:29 PM CST)

No prob. Now if I could only figure out how to do the same thing in Flash!

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# (3 of 60): Dale » dalegroup.net

12 hours, 34 minutes after the fact. (Fri 10 Sep 2004, 8:31 PM CST)

Cool Thanks for that :)

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# (4 of 60): Greg

1 month after the fact. (Tue 12 Oct 2004, 7:51 AM CST)

Thanks. This was exactly what I was looking for. Super tutorial!

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# (5 of 60): Christopher Mcintyre

2 months, 3 weeks after the fact. (Wed 01 Dec 2004, 7:55 PM CST)

Thanks for that. I've been trying to figure this thing out for months on and off. Easy to do without the anti-aliasing other ways but this is one sure method to get the job done right.

Thanks again.

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# (6 of 60): Andy » andyatkinson.net

10 months after the fact. (Thu 07 Jul 2005, 7:26 PM CST)

Great! Simple, easy to follow, I used it to customize my header image on my website. Thanks.

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# (7 of 60): Craig » travelvice.com

10 months after the fact. (Sun 10 Jul 2005, 12:36 PM CST)

I gotta tell you -- this really saved me some time. Thanks!

Cheers \~/

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# (8 of 60): Elaine

1 year, 5 months after the fact. (Tue 28 Feb 2006, 10:25 AM CST)

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Much easier to understand than some of the other info out there on this topic.

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# (9 of 60): Andrew

1 year, 6 months after the fact. (Tue 04 Apr 2006, 11:33 PM CST)

Thnak you thank you thank you!!!!

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# (10 of 60): Elena

1 year, 7 months after the fact. (Tue 11 Apr 2006, 6:57 AM CST)

The first tutorial I’ve read that actually worked. Thank you!

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# (11 of 60): Vai

1 year, 8 months after the fact. (Wed 10 May 2006, 3:20 PM CST)

this is a great tutorial, easier than all other methods looked at, great stuff

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# (12 of 60): Mwagner

1 year, 8 months after the fact. (Sat 13 May 2006, 9:02 AM CST)

Thanks! This was easy even for a relative novice PS user!

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# (13 of 60): Ryan

1 year, 8 months after the fact. (Thu 01 Jun 2006, 5:16 PM CST)

Great tutorial, however, you need to make sure that when you create your rounded rectangle that you click the path icon, (icon with the pen inside the shape).

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# (14 of 60): Leeterbean

1 year, 9 months after the fact. (Wed 21 Jun 2006, 9:41 AM CST)

This tutorial was really easy to follow and very helpful. Thanks!

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# (15 of 60): Roberta

1 year, 10 months after the fact. (Thu 13 Jul 2006, 4:56 PM CST)

Thank you. I googled "photoshop rounded corners" and yours is about the 6th entry (good seo). :) Your is also the EASIEST and fastest instructions I have read. Thanks for sharing this with the world.

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# (16 of 60): Matt

1 year, 10 months after the fact. (Sun 23 Jul 2006, 3:22 PM CST)

Thank you - you just saved me a lot of frustration. And my image is much better looling.

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# (17 of 60): Katharine Holden

1 year, 10 months after the fact. (Fri 28 Jul 2006, 10:56 AM CST)

Worked. Thank you. Appreciate you posting this.

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# (18 of 60): Sam » umichforum.com

1 year, 10 months after the fact. (Tue 01 Aug 2006, 10:01 PM CST)

awesome, tutorial was very thorough, thanks for posting the step by step pics too

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# (19 of 60): Alex » moon23.com/alex.htm

1 year, 11 months after the fact. (Wed 09 Aug 2006, 1:06 PM CST)

You are the dude!
You made it so easy and simple.. I can’t believe with all the unuseful rubbish in Photoshop they still haven’t worked out a script or filter to do this automatically.
Thanks for saving me time.
By the way in Flash is dead easy to do this with masks. You just create a front layer as a rectangle with rounded corners, select "mask" from its layer properties and put everything else as "masked" beneath. When you play it (or in the swf file), it will show only what’s underneath the mask layer: images, movie clips and so on..
[PS: I am a terrible teacher, but I hope to have been of some help.. you can email me for help]

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# (20 of 60): Jordan

1 year, 11 months after the fact. (Wed 16 Aug 2006, 2:38 AM CST)

Hey - Thanks !! I’ve been trying to do this for years!

You made it really easy.

Thank you

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# (21 of 60): Fabio » badjem.com

1 year, 11 months after the fact. (Sat 26 Aug 2006, 4:21 PM CST)

easy as kick a child, thanks you a lot!

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# (22 of 60): Tamanna

1 year, 12 months after the fact. (Wed 06 Sep 2006, 2:44 PM CST)

This was so so easy. Thank you. I’ve been trying to learn for months now. Thanks again.

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# (23 of 60): Madhu

2 years after the fact. (Sat 16 Sep 2006, 1:22 AM CST)

thanks to u fr helping me

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# (24 of 60): Emon » ekram.f2o.org

2 years after the fact. (Mon 25 Sep 2006, 5:27 AM CST)

Thanks a lot. this is what i was looking for.

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# (25 of 60): Markw

2 years after the fact. (Thu 28 Sep 2006, 3:33 AM CST)

Nice instructions and worked like a dram

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# (26 of 60): Doug Case » risingline.com

2 years after the fact. (Sat 30 Sep 2006, 5:11 PM CST)

Thanks a million...I’ve been pulling my hair out over this. I found two other "how to’s" on this topic that I couldn’t get to work. Thanks to your graphic walkthroughs I got it down now!

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# (27 of 60): Mur » mur38.blogspot.com

2 years after the fact. (Fri 06 Oct 2006, 7:03 PM CST)

I still end up with small blank corners outside of the edge of the photo.Is there any way to remove those?

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# (28 of 60): Matthom

2 years after the fact. (Sat 07 Oct 2006, 6:49 AM CST)

Mur, please see this thread regarding this issue.

Hope that helps.

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# (29 of 60): Saed

2 years, 2 months after the fact. (Fri 17 Nov 2006, 4:34 PM CST)

THANKS !!

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# (30 of 60): Ivanka

2 years, 2 months after the fact. (Thu 23 Nov 2006, 2:04 PM CST)

Thank you!

Photoshop is so great when you know how :)

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# (31 of 60): Alana » loudinkpink.livejournal.com

2 years, 2 months after the fact. (Tue 05 Dec 2006, 2:33 PM CST)

adding my thanks. a very well done tutorial. no one will be able to stop me

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# (32 of 60): Metachick

2 years, 2 months after the fact. (Wed 06 Dec 2006, 8:30 AM CST)

Simple and clearly communicated. Thank you for sharing this recipe

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# (33 of 60): Sikachu

2 years, 3 months after the fact. (Sun 24 Dec 2006, 2:00 PM CST)

That's the cool tip! I should try it very fast!

However, I found your site on zickr! (That's Thai website :P) http://www.zickr.com/software/photoshop-1

Thanks for sharing this : )

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# (34 of 60): Françoise

2 years, 3 months after the fact. (Sat 06 Jan 2007, 12:27 PM CST)

Great method (and clear explanations). I am a photoshop newbie and tried several tutorials I couldn't achieve. This one is so easy for a nice result. Thanks a lot.

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# (35 of 60): Billie

2 years, 4 months after the fact. (Wed 17 Jan 2007, 11:54 AM CST)

thanks, this really helped me!!

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# (36 of 60): Josh » tucson-labs.com

2 years, 4 months after the fact. (Tue 30 Jan 2007, 3:56 PM CST)

Thanks for posting this how to I found it extremely useful. I've been wondering how to do this for some time - thanks again!

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# (37 of 60): Diona Kidd » knowmad.com

2 years, 4 months after the fact. (Tue 06 Feb 2007, 4:46 PM CST)

This was so helpful today! Thanks for the post and the very clear instructions.

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# (38 of 60): Search Engine Optimization » seoslap.com

2 years, 5 months after the fact. (Sun 11 Feb 2007, 11:02 AM CST)

Very helpful, accomplished exactly what I wanted in seconds.

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# (39 of 60): Ciarán

2 years, 5 months after the fact. (Tue 27 Feb 2007, 1:57 PM CST)

Spot on for a novice like me - this is what makes the Internet great :)

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# (40 of 60): Tom

2 years, 6 months after the fact. (Wed 28 Mar 2007, 9:29 AM CST)

Awesome! I have been wondering that for years. Thank you very much!

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# (41 of 60): Frank Gibson

2 years, 6 months after the fact. (Fri 06 Apr 2007, 1:12 AM CST)

Hey this was really useful. Thanks a bunch

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# (42 of 60): Erichdeleeuw » myspace.com/erichdeleeuw

2 years, 7 months after the fact. (Mon 09 Apr 2007, 2:10 PM CST)

This is great.

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# (43 of 60): Matthew

2 years, 7 months after the fact. (Tue 10 Apr 2007, 5:55 AM CST)

Hey Thank you very much for blogging about this...

I was pulling my hair out for 2 days trying to figure out how to do it and I managed to find this blog and got it done in 2 minutes flat.

Great help! I have saved your blog to my favourites

Regards

Matt

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# (44 of 60): Mike » cygalski.net

2 years, 7 months after the fact. (Wed 25 Apr 2007, 10:02 PM CST)

If I may suggest a shortcut: Create round corner rectangle of any color under your photo layer. Place cursor exactly between the two layers on layer palette, press ALT and click (option-click on Mac). Done.

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# (45 of 60): Kristen

2 years, 8 months after the fact. (Tue 15 May 2007, 7:29 PM CST)

thanks so much for this!! i've been looking everywhere =]

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# (46 of 60): Taylor

2 years, 8 months after the fact. (Sat 19 May 2007, 5:29 PM CST)

really helpful! now i know how to make rounded pictures. thanks!

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# (47 of 60): Troy Anglin

2 years, 8 months after the fact. (Tue 22 May 2007, 9:20 AM CST)

This is the first technique that I've ever used that actually worked...

Thanks allot

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# (48 of 60): Tammy

2 years, 8 months after the fact. (Sat 26 May 2007, 1:29 PM CST)

I do not understand this part here --> Create a new document, and leave the dimensions alone (they should reflect the copy you just made). In the new document, go to Edit, Paste. There you go! what do you mean when you say document? I don't understand. Can anyone please help me out?

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# (49 of 60): Bex

2 years, 8 months after the fact. (Tue 29 May 2007, 3:14 AM CST)

I spent ages trying to find a tutorial for this! I finally asked Google and find the solution in aboug five seconds. It works brilliantly. THank you so much :o)

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# (50 of 60): Cyril

2 years, 8 months after the fact. (Thu 07 Jun 2007, 12:47 AM CST)

Thanks a lot,

Very helpful, it took me only 1 mn to do it.

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# (51 of 60): Samantha » whizzme.blogspot.com

2 years, 9 months after the fact. (Thu 14 Jun 2007, 3:56 AM CST)

thank you for such an easy to follow explanation.

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# (52 of 60): Muriel

2 years, 9 months after the fact. (Thu 14 Jun 2007, 8:36 PM CST)

Great tutorial. I've seen several options on how to make rounded corners in Photoshop and so far this is the easiest without sacrificing quality.

I actually saw somewhere that said to just draw a marquee box and choose Smooth - that was ridiculous.

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# (53 of 60): Steve » agapeon.ro

2 years, 9 months after the fact. (Fri 15 Jun 2007, 8:16 AM CST)

Simple but verrrrry usefullll! thanks a million!

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# (54 of 60): Gregori Martínez » fenals.cat

2 years, 9 months after the fact. (Sat 16 Jun 2007, 7:12 PM CST)

Perfect, simple and effective. Thanks a lot.

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# (55 of 60): Pete

2 years, 9 months after the fact. (Sun 17 Jun 2007, 6:39 AM CST)

Can anyone help?

I'm using PS CS3, and I get stuck at the following part:

'Back in the Layers palette, click on the Paths tab.'

I then click on 'Paths' and no paths are there? Does anyone know why I'm not seeing anything?

Any help or advice would be most appreiated!

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# (56 of 60): Matthom

2 years, 9 months after the fact. (Sun 17 Jun 2007, 6:46 AM CST)

Pete, there should be if you drew the rectangle with the rounded rectangle tool.

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