You can round the corners of a custom shape in Photoshop by adjusting the corner radius in the Properties panel.
Here's a breakdown of the process:
- Draw your shape: Using the Rectangle Tool (or any other shape tool), draw your desired custom shape on the canvas.
- Access the Properties panel: If the Properties panel isn't already open, navigate to
Window > Properties. This panel provides controls for modifying the properties of your selected shape. - Adjust the corner radius: In the Properties panel, you'll find options for adjusting the corner radius.
- You can enter a specific value (e.g., "65 px") to round all corners uniformly.
- Photoshop also often provides the ability to adjust each corner independently by unlinking the corner radius values. This allows for creating more complex shapes with varying corner roundness. Look for a chain link icon that, when unlinked, allows individual corner adjustment.
- Live Shapes: Photoshop treats shapes created with the shape tools as "Live Shapes." This means you can adjust the corner radius (and other properties) non-destructively at any time, even after the shape has been drawn.
- Converting to a Regular Shape (Optional): If you need to perform operations on the shape that Live Shapes don't support, you can right-click on the shape layer in the Layers panel and choose "Rasterize Layer" or "Convert to Shape." However, this will make the corner radius adjustments permanent and non-editable.
Example:
Let's say you draw a rectangle and want to round its corners. After drawing the rectangle, go to the Properties panel. You'll see fields for the corner radius. If you enter "20px" in the corner radius field (ensuring all corners are linked), all four corners of the rectangle will be rounded with a 20-pixel radius. If you unlink the corners, you can set each corner to a different radius value, like 10px, 20px, 30px, and 40px, respectively.
