Comments | elementheads: Curved Edges.

lovemetalenkeli in elementheads

Curved Edges.

Aug 03, 2006 20:12

I use photoshop elements 4 and I was wondering if someone could tell me how to make curved edges. I've tried this tutorial, but it didn't work for me.
Thanks.

pse4, query

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two_five August 4 2006, 05:37:58 UTC

Hi there,

I use 3.0, but this should still work.
Let me know. :)

On your Tool bar on the left, click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool, then select the area on your photo that you want, the go up to Select, and click Inverse, then click back on Select and then go to Modify, and click on Smooth, then type in 10 (that's what I usually use) then click OK and after that you should see the curves on your photo and then hit Delete, and you should have it.

lovemetalenkeli August 4 2006, 15:03:38 UTC

Thank you so much, I'll go try it now.

lovemetalenkeli August 4 2006, 15:11:19 UTC

No it's still not working, it says it could not complete my request because the target is not a pixel-based layer.

Thanks for you help anyway.

two_five August 5 2006, 04:59:03 UTC

Hmmm, that's weird. I'm sorry it didn't work. Are you trying to make curves on a photo?
Just make sure that you're on the right Layer that you want to make curves to.
Let me know how it goes. :)

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euphoricapathy August 4 2006, 16:05:35 UTC

Before two_five's idea, I would fill a new layer with black or white, stamp out the corners with a hard round eraser and delete all the stuff in the middle.

lovemetalenkeli August 5 2006, 09:32:53 UTC

Thanks i'll try that.

thinn_ed August 5 2006, 20:22:59 UTC

first, merge all your layers. unlock the background layer, make a new layer. paintbucket-fill it with whatever you want the background color to be (outside of the curved-edged picture). drag that filled layer underneath your picture. add a new layer on top of all that. get out the rounded rectangle tool, and make a rounded rectangle over the part of the picture you want to see. right click, select "make selection". go up to "select" in the menu bar at the top, click "select inverse". go to the layers palette, delete the layer with the shape on it. your "inverse" will still be selected, so just hit delete. lemme know if you need anything cleared up.

thinn_ed August 5 2006, 20:27:30 UTC

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lovemetalenkeli August 7 2006, 16:00:57 UTC

Yay, it worked. Thank you very much :)

thinn_ed August 12 2006, 08:30:16 UTC

awesome. glad it helped you out!