Skip to main content
A
Anonymous
January 27, 2010
Answered

Making canvas shape same as image?!?!

  • January 27, 2010
  • 4 replies
  • 46053 views

i am very new to photoshop and have to teach myself how to do whatever i'm doing as i do it........

I've got an image i've made which is a rectangle (in portrait layout), with rounded corneres, in the psd file i've erased the corners of the image outside of the actual images rounded corners so i just have a transparrent background visible as the corners of the canvas, which ever way i the save this image and go to use it i still have the visible corners of the rectangular canvas showing.....

how do i get the whole thing to be just my rounded cornered image with no canvas corners ruining it?

many thnaks

Jason

    This topic has been closed for replies.
    Correct answer reiiijem

    There's no way you can make a photoshop canvas side rounded, what you can do is just ctrl+click the layer thumbnail of the image that you did you will notice in the canvas area the image will have a selection, after that go to image menu >> crop. It will crop your canvas exactly the same as your image. Hope it helps.

    4 replies

    Semaphoric
    Community Expert
    SemaphoricCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 28, 2010

    You ARE seeing the grey checkerboard pattern indicating transparency outside your rectangle when saving, right?

    A
    Anonymous
    January 28, 2010

    don't know why this is now tagged as answered, it's still something i've  not managed to sort it, not being ungrateful, i really appreciate all the input, i just can't fathom for the life of me why something that seems like it should be simple is taking days to not effect.....

    A
    Anonymous
    January 28, 2010

    Post a screen shot, include your image and your layers pallet. Also tell us what settings EXACTLY that you are choosing when you save.

    A
    Anonymous
    January 28, 2010

    See if these help

    thanks

    J

    Semaphoric
    Community Expert
    SemaphoricCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 28, 2010

    If you're going to be using your image in a Page Layout app like InDesign or Quark xPress, you could use a Clipping Path. In Photoshop's Paths palette, select 'Clipping Path' from the palette menu. The path has to be "saved" (named) for this to be available. You can then save the doc as a TIFF or JPEG.

    Other than Page Layout apps, though, I don't think there's a lot of support for clipping paths.

    A
    Anonymous
    January 28, 2010

    like i say, i'm a graphics newbie so i might be trying to reeinvent the wheel as a square.......

    i want to be able to put this black rounded rectangle into email message bodies, facebook group invites and other such insert picture from file style functions with it appearing on whatever i put it on as a crisp black rounded corner rectangle......

    maybe this just isn't possible without the rectangle canvas corners showing?.....

    S
    shunithD
    Inspiring
    January 28, 2010

    You have your background layer...

    1/ Now create your rounded corner or whatever on a new layer(s) above...

    2/ Turn off the backround layer (click the eye off) and you'll get the chequered background. (Make sure there's no other layer(s) below with any fill...)

    3/ Save for Web in either .gif or .png formats and make sure that the 'Transparency' enabled box is checked...

    (There are some caveats... for instance, in .gif, you'll be asked for a matte colour... if you know the background colour you will be using, use that as the matte.)

    Hope this solves your problem...

    R
    reiiijemCorrect answer
    Participant
    January 27, 2010

    There's no way you can make a photoshop canvas side rounded, what you can do is just ctrl+click the layer thumbnail of the image that you did you will notice in the canvas area the image will have a selection, after that go to image menu >> crop. It will crop your canvas exactly the same as your image. Hope it helps.

    A
    Anonymous
    January 27, 2010

    i've followed those steps but still have corners to my image, i'm probably missing something really obvious here......

    J

    Zeno Bokor
    Zeno Bokor
    Inspiring
    January 27, 2010

    make sure that you are saving to a file format that supports transparency. The JPG file format doesn't support transparency unlike GIF and PNG.

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices