Rounded Corners with Paint.net

by Dan

rounded-cornersI have started using Paint.Net a lot lately to do a lot of my website graphics as it seems to be the easiest to use.  Although the only real issue I was having was figuring out to crop an image with rounded corners for headers and whatnot.  After searching around the web for a while I found an answer.  Below are the steps to create a rounded corner cropping of an image.

  • Open the image and add a new layer
  • In the new layer draw a rectangle with rounded corners and solid fill (this will be your finished image size)
  • Use the Magic Wand to select your new solid rectangle
  • Then go to Edit->Invert Selection
  • Then delete the inverted selection
  • Then delete the new layer

Not the most intuitive way to do it but very effective none the less.  Click here to see a more detailed description with screen-shots if you need more explanation.

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