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yowsi
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:04 am Post subject: How to crop an image so that the edges are rounded? |
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Hi
I am wanting to crop an image so that the edges are rounded off a little. The problem I am having is when I use the Rounded Rectangle Tool and make the crop I want, I don’t know how to remove the out side of the rectangle. Can anyone help?
Thanks 
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swanseamale47
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An easier way is use the rectangle marque tool, go to select/modify/smooth and try about 16 (but it depends on the image size and selection size) you will see rounded corners, select inverse and delete when your happy. Wayne
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Gallo_Pinto
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
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Location: BC, Canada
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draw your rounded rectangle with the shape tool. Then go to the paths pallette, (one of the tabs in the layers pallette), and click the button at the bottom that says "load path as selection" at the bottom of that palette. ctrl-shift-i will invert the selection for you.
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Gallo_Pinto
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject: ~ |
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here's a banner I just whipped up..
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| is this at all what you want? I did this the way I suggested in my previous post |
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yowsi
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
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thankyou - it looks like this may be what i want. i have drawn the rounded rectangle and made sure the "Paths" button is clicked, loaded path as selection and inverted it, how do i completly remove that outside area so that it will be completely transparent? I have a few shapes, lines, which are sticking outside of the main image now into the 'border' area and also the edges, when saved as a gif and loaded in a browser, have a little line on the edge of them.
my goal - transparency of everything other than the main image, no border, no little bits on the edges anywhere. thank you 
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yowsi
Joined: 15 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| swanseamale47 wrote: | | An easier way is use the rectangle marque tool, go to select/modify/smooth and try about 16 (but it depends on the image size and selection size) you will see rounded corners, select inverse and delete when your happy. Wayne |
thankyou very helpful - problem fixed everyone, thanks
ps although there were other weird things going on that i had to fix , rastorising layers, erasing bits that couldnt be erased etc etc
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Datameister
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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I would have suggested creating a rectangular selection on an alpha channel, applying Gaussian Blur, and using Levels to create clean edges. But all these other methods work just fine, too.
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Gallo_Pinto
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there's one other thing that just popped into my pea brain here. After you had done it my way and got you selection, is there not some way to create a "clipping mask" or "clipping path"? that will just force transparency over all layers? I've heard the term from other photoshop friends, but never really knew what it's about. I"m a preffessional noob sometimes.
maybe datameister can help, he seems to know what's going on.
Other than that, just flatten your image before deleting the rounded corners, and be sure to save the psd before flettening.
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Datameister
Joined: 28 Jun 2005
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A clipping path is the vector equivalent of a layer mask. (For anyone who doesn't know--a layer mask is an alpha channel that controls the opacity of a layer that it's grouped to.)
Create a layer and go to the Layer>Add Layer Clipping Path submenu. You can do one of three things: Reveal All, Hide All, or Current Path. Reveal All will generate a clipping path that does nothing, but you can edit the path. Hide All will generate a clipping path that makes the whole layer 0% opaque. Current Path will use whatever path is currently selected and load it to the clipping path.
This last option is by far the most useful one. Clipping paths are indispensable for creating vector art within Photoshop. They always have clean edges at any resolution and are easily editable, just like any normal path. However, they cannot create translucent effects; they create 100% opaque areas and 0% opaque areas only, with anti-aliased edges.
Of course, you can circumvent the translucency problem by creating layers that are already translucent; the clipping paths will not increase their opacity.
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DarkLogan
Joined: 17 May 2005
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Location: Baltimore
PS Version: Photoshop CS4 Extended
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When you draw out you rounded rectangle how do you ajust it so that it is exacly where you want it ?? I tried it on my button but I cant get it lined up exacly. Is there a way to adjust it after you let go of your mouse button ??
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