Rounded Shapes - Paint Shop Pro (PSP) Tutorial

This is the PSP version of the Photoshop channels trick. You can use this method to create rounded objects, and make cool interface designs. This tutorial was written for Paint Shop Pro (PSP), but can probably be used for other versions as well.

Tutorial - Step 1 Rounded Shapes Paint Shop Pro (PSP) tutorial

The first step is to open the thing you want rounded and make sure the object is white and the background is black (or the other way around). Mine is going to be an interface.




Tutorial - Step 2 Rounded Shapes Paint Shop Pro (PSP) tutorial

Now go to Effects- Blur- Guassian Blur and set the radius from 3-7 pixels, depending on how round you want it. I used 5.




Tutorial - Step 3 Rounded Shapes Paint Shop Pro (PSP) tutorial

The next step is to adjust brightness and contrast. Hold down shift, and press b to bring up the brightness and contrast box. Set the brightness to 0 and the contrast to 92.




Tutorial - Step 4 Rounded Shapes Paint Shop Pro (PSP) tutorial

Now you have nice rounded corners, an you can do it to any shape. This is the same channels trick used in Photoshop. Good Luck!

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Very nice!

Posted by Ace02 on Sunday, 06.13.04 @ 11:30pm | #85

Exactly what I was looking for ... and it even works with my ancient 5.03 copy :)

Posted by Chad (http://www.kewlniss.com)on Monday, 04.4.05 @ 08:02pm | #436

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