Rounded images on photos - I have fire works MX or can the gimp do it? or do I have to download a trial of Photoshop?

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04.23.2008 at 06:52PM PDT, ID: 23348953

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Rounded images on photos - I have fire works MX or can the gimp do it? or do I have to download a trial of Photoshop?

Zones: Web Graphics Software, Adobe Photoshop, The Gimp Photo Editing Software

I need a rounded edge effect on some photo images I have.

Ideally fire works mx
Or some free downloadable tool

I have photoshop disks somewhere but prefer not to use it.

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Question Asked By: worded

Solution Provided By: D_Brugge

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04.23.2008 at 09:03PM PDT, ID: 21427710

The rounded corners are just an illusion, of course. The image is still actually square-cornered. The 2 ways to do it manually are to make the radiused-off portion transparent, or make it match the background color[s]. If the background is not made of solid colors, the latter method will be quite obvious.
There are also plugin filters for PhotoShop and Paint Shop Pro et al that can apply that effect to images.

04.23.2008 at 09:06PM PDT, ID: 21427716

Rank: Guru

If this is for the web, know that the web can only show rectangular images (without some tricky javascript to draw rounded corners)

That means that almost all of those tricky images with the rounded corners that you see on web sites are actually rectangular images with square corners.

huh?

They either make the square part of the corner the same color as the background so that you cant see it, or they make it transparent and save it as a gif or a png file and hope the person viewing it has an updated browser that makes transparent pngs transparent.

Here is a tutorial on how to make a rounded corner jpeg in Fireworks.

A transparent png or gif is very much the same except you make the background transparent and then save as either a png of gif

http://www.cbtcafe.com/fireworks/roundedcorners/roundedcorners.html

04.23.2008 at 09:07PM PDT, ID: 21427718

Rank: Guru

Darr247, you type a lot faster than me!

04.23.2008 at 09:46PM PDT, ID: 21427809

In addition to the advice about saving the picture in PNG or GIF format, I'll give you advice how to make rounded corners in GIMP:

1. start without selection or with one selected rectangle (e.g. the whole picture)
2. menu Select, then Rounded Rectangle; choose radius;
choose OK

Then, do what you want:
- copy the selected area and paste where you want ... or ...
- invert the selection (Select > Invert), then delete it or cut or do what you want with corners (e.g.paint with your background color) ... or ...
- if you want transparent background, your picture must have alpha channel, i.e.:
1. choose Layer > Transparency > Add Alpha channel
2. cut the corners now.

At the end, one warning: Internet Explorer 6 and earlier browsers don't behave good when the see PNG with transparency. I would fill the corners with the color of the background of my web page :-((

04.24.2008 at 04:11PM PDT, ID: 21435958

effort 1 )

Hi ... still trying to get this in fireworks MX

Tried this tutorial

http://www.joycejevans.com/tutorials/Fireworks/FWMX/roundecorners/rc_crn.htm

Email to the author of the tutorial:
Im using MX and have done for many years, no expert but good enough.

Im trying to do as you say and it doesnt work I select the picture then ctrl X to cut it gone ok. Next I select the box with no fill that I created earlier thats in another layer and paste.

It simply lands on top of the curved box exactly as it was before no change to the pic.

effort 2)

http://www.cbtcafe.com/fireworks/roundedcorners/roundedcorners.html

The pic simply disappears

I really dont want to use another ap to get this. Have to crack this in the next few hours.

Any help appreciated.

04.24.2008 at 06:06PM PDT, ID: 21436405

Is GIMP the easiest? Im fed up trying at this stage. ...

04.24.2008 at 06:56PM PDT, ID: 21436585

Gimp would load so I loaded an old copy of photoshop and it was dead easy

http://paininthetech.com/2005/10/11/using-paths-to-create-smooth-rounded-corners-in-photoshop/

04.24.2008 at 08:00PM PDT, ID: 21436799

Rank: Guru

This really isn't in the spirit of EE. There was a question asked and three reasonable answers given. If the questioner will reread the FAQ he will see that the goal is to reward the effort made by volunteers by selecting the best answer (or answers), not necessarily hold out for the answer they want to hear.
But, insomuch as the asker was not able to get the offered solutions to work, and that he did find his own solution and posted it here, I won't object to a refund if no one else does.

David Brugge

04.24.2008 at 08:35PM PDT, ID: 21436886

I thought the author just picked their own answer as the solution... I didn't realize they had to request it then be manually closed, too.

04.24.2008 at 08:56PM PDT, ID: 21436979

"not necessarily hold out for the answer they want to hear"
> People search for answers on this site - whats the point flagging answers that dont work?

I really appreciate the efforts made BUT do you want me to award points
for the "wrong" answer? None worked for me. It could be me, but may be down to the version of Fireworks MX I have etc.

I think this site is great, again, I really really appreciate all the help - nothing personal.

04.24.2008 at 09:48PM PDT, ID: 21437107

Rank: Guru

>worded

I apologize - you caught me in a sour mood.

I have had a run lately of people asking questions, then abandoning them, then asking for a refund because they could not understand any of the answers. Several have posted links to solutions that they found on their own when the links had actually been offered by others as possible solutions earlier on.

I should have taken a brief moment to look at your profile and see the rich history that you have of asking questions (495 of them) and dealing fairly with "experts"

Again I apologize and I also apologize to the mod who now has to open this case and read these posts because I made a challenge.

> to Darr247

Picking their own solution is the new automated way of refunding points without having to put a separate request. EE sends out an automatic notice and if people like me sit on their hands and keep quite, it all goes through quickly and automaticly.

Since I made a post, the system has to be handled by a moderator.

Accepted Solution

04.24.2008 at 10:09PM PDT, ID: 21437164

>Is GIMP the easiest? Im fed up trying at this stage. ...

In which step of my answer do you have problems?

04.25.2008 at 08:24AM PDT, ID: 21440480

Bruno

"Gimp would load" in windows for me ------ meant to say wouldNT load - sorry.

I download it and ran it and got some error after install - rebooted tried again - same
(It was 3am and I had to meet the client today, not time to post exact errors sorry)

04.25.2008 at 08:46AM PDT, ID: 21440708

Gimp is a Linux program... were you running it in a virtual machine?

04.25.2008 at 08:50AM PDT, ID: 21440736

Rank: Guru

>worded

I believe that this is the point I was trying to make. The fact that you could not get Gimp to download did not mean that brundo's answer was not the correct solution for your problem.

It's like ordering a special cooked meal at a restaurant and then saying "I wasn't too hungry, I'm not going to pay"

04.25.2008 at 11:03AM PDT, ID: 21441892

Worded,

did you download the right version?

The right one you can get from the page http://www.gimp.org/downloads/, under "Download GIMP 2.4.5 Installer for Windows 2000 and above".

I am running GIMP on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 (with students, via Remote desktops), on Windows Vista (!) and on Ubuntu Linux. GIMP works on all those systems without problems. Installation was easy on all Windows systems, and in installation for Ubuntu Linux GIMP was included.

Was the problem with the installation file? If not, could you send us a message you get the errors? A screenshot?

Assisted Solution

04.25.2008 at 02:49PM PDT, ID: 21443439

D_Brugge: - I didnt get to eat the food - how can I recommend it to others?

Again thanks to everyone who replied but I have the answer and its Photoshop and it worked easily for me first time, no problem.

04.25.2008 at 05:11PM PDT, ID: 21443961

You can accept one of your answers where you gave the solution, worded... whether the points are refunded or not should be irrelevant - premium members are supposed to get unlimited points to use for asking questions.

Assisted Solution

brundo

04.25.2008 at 11:59PM PDT, ID: 21444768

If somebody will read this question in the future, he will be confused with accepted and assisted solutions :-((

Three answers are at the beginning of the thread.

worded

04.26.2008 at 03:33PM PDT, ID: 21447004

Hopefully someone will see this - its very simple and works in Fireworks

http://enghiong.com/how-to-make-rounded-corner-edges-using-fireworks.html/

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