Rounded corners in Photoshop 2020

[jaspermaxx44]

I have the latest photoshop and I'm trying to make rounded corners to a .jpg file. I unlockeded the file then made my rounded corners. But there not showing another layer below my image. Why is that, and what am I doing wrong. It seems simple.

[Chuck Uebele]

A file can't have rounded corners. There is some part of the file still at the corners, and for it to appear rounded, that area has to be transparent. Jpg file can't support transparency. You need to save the file as a png to get the transparency.

[jaspermaxx44]

Ok. I just tried that. and it still gives me only one layer.

[Conrad_C]

PNG supports one layer with transparency, as an alpha channel.

If it's done correctly, the fully transparent parts of the image in Photoshop will show the transparency checkerboard pattern, not solid white.

[Chuck Uebele]

What do you want to use the for? Both jpg and png only support 1 layer. If you want multiple layers, you have to save as psd or tif.

[jaspermaxx44 · Accepted solution]

it is one layer. but After I round the corners. it should show two layers in the panel. one elow the other. and I noticed in the videos. when you use the rounded tool. you get a white round image on top of image. I get nothing.

[Lumigraphics]

There is no "rounded tool." The rounded RECTANGLE tool draws a rounded rectangle (with options for pixels, path, or shape.) But you can't save two layers in a JPEG or PNG, only one. A JPEG will save with a color on the corners, PNG can save with transparency.

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/how-to/edit-rounded-rectangles.html

[jane-e]

“you get a white round image on top of image. I get nothing.”

The video you watched used the Rounded Rectangle tool with the Shape mode selected in the options bar. Drawing with the Shape mode will create a layer. The other two modes will not.

Note that you can change how round the corners are in the options bar and note that saving a jpeg a second time is a bad idea.  

If you want you image to appear as if it has rounded corners:

• Save in a format that supports transparency as already said in this thread
• Unlock the Background layer
• Use the Rounded Rectangle tool, set the mode to Path instead of Shape and set the roundness of the corners (options bar).
• Draw the rectangle 
• Convert the rectangle to a selection in the Paths panel
• Invert your selection in the Select menu
• Delete the selected pixels (or, better, mask them)
• Again, save in a format that supports transparency if you don’t want the transparent pixels to be solid.

~ Jane