today i will show you how you can make a picture with rounded corners.

1. first we begin with a normal image. here is a picture i took of a little kitten i rescued. her name is flower
15p-8388-kitty-square-corners.gif

2. select the 'rounded rectangle tool from the left menu
15p-8388-rounded-rectangle-tool.gif

3. select the area that you want to create the new image with rounded corners. its ok, dont worry, the foreground color will be white. this shows you what area you are selecting.
15p-8388-rounded-rectangle-tool2.gif
Notice a few things on this snapshot:
1 - you should have two layers
2 - the radius is set to 10 px

NOTE: you can change the size of the rounded corners in the 'Radius' field.
15p-8388-rounded-rectangle-radius.gif

4. In the main menu go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options
here be sure to set 0% under opacity
15p-8388-rounded-blending-options.gif

you will see that the foreground color will disappear and the selection area will be shown by dotted lines.
15p-8388-rounded-rectangle-tool3.gif

5. click on the 'PATHS' tab (red area in my snapshot) and right click in the shape 1 vector mask (green area in my snapshot) - when you right click, you will get a menu. select 'Make Selection...' option
15p-8388-rounded-rectangle-path.gif

6. you will get a popup, here i just leave the defaults and clikc ok
15p-8388-rounded-make-selection.gif

7. now all you do is copy the selected area (control + c), create new document (control + n) and paste the copied image (control + v)


15p-8388-rounded-kitty.gif

done

* Remember to be kind to animals. Flower helped us make rounded corners, so now we can help all the little animals from human abuse.