Rounded Corners in Photoshop

Step 1

select the rounded rectangle tool.

make sure your rectangle tool is on PATHS not shape or fill pixels. you can change your radius to any size. the example photo is 10 px.

30 px	50 px

Step 2

draw out your path. make sure to leave an even space on all 4 sides.

otherwise corners will look like this:

^ notice that there is no smooth transition between points.

Step 3

then just right click with either direct select or path select arrows, and make selection.

a tiny window will pop up asking if you want to feather and make new selection. if you feather you may come out with a cool effect

but unless you want that, just leave it at 0, then press ok.

Step 4

once your path is selected, inverse it. Command + Shift + I (PC: shift + ctrl + i) or select > inverse.

create a new layer above that and use your fill bucket to fill it with another color of your choice…

For a more dramatic effect

Select the Layer Effects button at the bottom of your Layers Window, and click on Outer Glow

Input the following criteria and press Ok. All done!