How To: Rounded Edges in Photoshop

I finally, FINALLY figured out how to round the edges of an image using Photoshop (well, ok, imageready). Ironically, I figured this out just as I stopped using an actual “banner” image with actual “edges” on my own site.

But for the record, here’s the simples solution that skips the whole “moving the image to MS Paint and using horrible compression to make your image looks more grainy” bit.

When you have your image cropped to the size you like it in Photoshop (CS or CS2, I’m not sure about the older ones), go to File -> Edit in Imageready.

Imageready will then come up with the file you were working on. Now, in your little toolbox, select the “Rounded Rectangle Marquee Tool” (i.e. exactly the shape we’ve always wanted but that photoshop is retarted not for having), and frame your banner so that it’s edges are rounded the way you’d like.

Then go to the Select Menu -> Inverse

Hit delete.

Voila! A banner with rounded edges. Just go File -> Edit it Photoshop to send everything back to your orignial program, and you’re done. Remarkably simple, but annoying that you have to use a second program.

But at least you can keep your images high-quality this way.