How to give a "raised" effect to a rounded rectangle in Paint Shop Pro

Hi  crescendo,

You could just use a preset shape (you may have some). You could also just specify the width and height of your image, flood fill a color, and choose effects>3d effects> buttonize. That will give you the effect. You can then slice the image if you want to.

OK, bevel looks better than buttonize, but they still don't look right, and I think the problem is that my rounded rectangle's corners are too square, so both effects look very square. How can I increase the radius of the rounding?

In PSP 8, at least, there is a selection drop down box "Selection Type" in which you can choose a whole bunch of shape types.  It includes a selection "rounded rectangle" which looks pretty darn round to me.  It rounds proportionally to the ratio of height to width.

In a pinch  you could make your banner with the rounding you want, just the background -no content yet , then select out part of it, horizontally and remove that, then move the two pieces together.  You'd need to be careful to align your selections perfectly - I usually do such things zoomed way in.  

Codicil - I mostly use Photoshop - there may be a way to modify the default rounding of the selection in Paint Shop - if so, I have yet to find it.

Hi crescendo,

Take a look at this tutorial: http://www.hypergurl.com/goldnav.html

The rounded effect is created by using the selection tool, and choosing "rounded rectangle".

Hi all

Thanks for the help. It seems that the curve gets more pronounced as the long side gets longer, so a 200 x 60 rounded rectangle has vastly different ends to a 100 x 60 rounded rectangle. I didn't know this.

Thanks again, I really appreciate the advice.