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In this tutorial, we’ll see how to Add Rounded Corners to Photos. As with most things in Photoshop, there are about some ways to make rounded corners. To make things more interesting, we’ll look at one way to do it using vector masks, which many people don’t even know about. Describe a vector mask. Well, if you like layer masks, you’ll really like vector masks.
Any graphic designer knows that using shapes is one way to make people feel something when they look at a design. Different shapes make us feel different things. Some shapes look friendly, warm, and fun, while others look cold, stiff, and more serious.
You don’t have to know a lot about design, though, to see this for yourself. Just get a pencil and a piece of paper and draw a square and a circle on them. Then ask yourself which one you like better. We mentioned below are the ways to Add Rounded Corners to Photos.
Ways to Add Rounded Corners to Photos
Using The Shape’s Anchor Points
Pick a shape from the toolbar to start. We chose the rectangle to show our point. The rectangle is the shape that shows up in the toolbar by default. Click and hold the rectangle icon to use a different shape. Then, use the menu that pops up to choose the shape you want.
- After that, go to the Options bar and set drawing mode to Shape.
- Next, alter the shape’s fill and stroke colors if you want in the Options bar.
- After customizing your shape’s settings, click and drag on the canvas to create the shape.
- If you want to maintain the shape’s proportions, for instance, to create a circle or square, hold Shift while drawing it on the canvas. When you’re finished creating your shape, you’ll notice small blue dots on each corner of it.
- To add round corners to your shape, click and drag any of its blue dots inwards. This will round all the shape’s corners at once. The more you pull the blue dots inwards, the rounder the corners of the shape will become.
- You can also modify the roundness of a specific corner independently. To do that, choose the corner you want to round. Then, click one of its blue dots and pull it inwards while holding Alt (Win) or Option (Mac).
- Once you’re happy with the result, press Enter on your keyboard to confirm the action and deselect the shape.
Changing The Shape’s Properties
Another way to round the corners of a shape is to use the properties panel.
- First, make a shape, as this tutorial has already shown.
- Then, find the corner radius icons in the properties panel.
- If you can’t see the properties panel, go to Window > Properties.
- To modify the corner radius values in the properties panel, hover over one of the corner radius icons until your cursor turns into a hand icon.
- Then, drag with your mouse to the right to increase the corner radius or to the left to decrease it. Alternatively, type in any value in one of the corner radius boxes.
- When you change one of the corners, Photoshop automatically changes the values of all the other corners.
- That’s because all the shape’s corners are linked to each other in the properties panel. You can see this by the chain icon next to them.
- By clicking the chain icon, you can unchain the shape corners and adjust a specific corner without affecting the rest.
- After unlinking the corners, type in a value in the corner radius box you want to alter.
- Once you do this, the chosen corner radius will be altered.
- You can use the methods learned here to round the corners of any shape you create in Photoshop.
FAQ
How do I add rounded corners to an image in Photoshop?
Click and hold your mouse button on the “Rectangle Tool” in the Tools palette, then choose the “Rounded Rectangle Tool” from the menu that pops up. Don’t confuse these tools with the Marquee Tools at the top of the Tools palette, like the Rectangular Marquee Tool or the Elliptical Marquee Tool.
How do I make a picture curve?
First, click on your image layer. Then, use the Warp Tool to bend or curve your image. Then, to use the Warp Tool, go to Image > Transform > Warp. Now, click and drag on the grid lines to make your image bend and curve however you want.