Sponsored by the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Learn More

Fixing The “Rounded Corners” Selection Problem

 

Ever have this happen? You draw a selection with the Rectangular Marquee tool (M) and the corners of your selection are rounded, rather than nice and straight? This happens to a lot of people, especially if they’ve been drinking. If you haven’t been drinking but you’re suffering from rounded-corner selections, look up in the Options Bar, and you’ll see a field for Feather. Chances are there’s some number other than zero in this field, and what’s happening is every time you draw a selection with that tool, it’s automatically feathering (softening) the edge. What probably happened is you intentionally (or accidentally) added a feather amount at some time, then later forgot to set it back to its default of zero. So to fix it, just highlight the field and type 0 (zero). Incidentally, this is a great Photoshop prank to play on co-workers, friends, soon-to-be-enemies, etc., because the Feather field is usually the last place they’ll look.

Spread the word:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • NewsVine
  • Technorati
  • BlinkList
  • Design Float
  • Mixx
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • SphereIt
  • StumbleUpon
  • LinkedIn
  • MySpace
  • Fleck
  • Netvibes

3 Comments

  1. Charles Krause said on — June 14, 2009 @ 8:06 pm

    Just a note to say I learn a lot from this website and think it’s well organized, thorough and one of the best I’ve found. Keep it going please and thanks a lot for all you do.
    Charles Krause

  2. Lisa said on — October 6, 2009 @ 2:29 pm

    I am new to PS. Could you specify where to find the filed for Feather? I am experiencing this problem. Thank you.

  3. Mary said on — November 25, 2009 @ 6:50 pm

    Thank you! This was driving me crazy.

RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URI

Leave a comment

Photoshop Tutorials

  • Olympic Graphics, Part 2

    Corey finishes up the Olympic-inspired design that he began last week in Part 1.

  • Olympic Graphics, Part 1

    The Olympic-inspired tutorial will be coming in two parts. Stop by next week for the conclusion to this video.

  • Masking with Channels

    This week’s tutorial deals with creating masks for complicated images by using channels.

  • Animate 2D in 3D

    Corey shows you how to create a 3D animation form 2D elements using Photoshop CS4 Extended. Click here to download a .MOV file with the final version of this animation.

Premium Video Tutorials From NAPP


 

Modify Textures on 3D Objects

If you have imported a 3D object that has a texture applied to it, that texture will show up as a sublayer with your 3D layer. To modify or replace the existing texture, simply double-click directly on the texture name in the Layers panel. A dialog will open with the 2D texture. Make whatever changes you need, then close and save the document. Just like a Smart Object, it will update automatically in the main document.

Read More Tips

Tip of the Day
 
 
DVD Special
Online Training
Kelby Training