Rounding the corners of a jpg

[Nevyn907]

Hi Folks,

Have been struggling with a wee problem so I am coming to you for help. 

I have a jpg image that I want to round the corners on image1. When I select the cornering tool the options for the edge are grayed out. I tried going into Photo and using smooth rounded the corners fine however the background could be seen. image2. These images are to be used as backgrounds to add text to. Please help. 

[hatGuy]

You can't directly round the corners of an image/pixel layer, however you could use an artboard to do so.

As for 'background is visible" ... Do you mean opaque white corners instead of transparent?

If yes, this is due to jpg format which doesn't save opacity/transparency values, png for example would keep the corners transparent.

[Dan C]

Hi @Nevyn907 

Another option here is to clip the image into a rectangle, then use the Corner Tool to adjust the rectangle, as shown in the below recording! (This can be done in Photo or Designer )

[Nevyn907]

Thanks guys got it sorted thank you. Was stumped on the jpg things as well. I now have rounded the corner lol appreciated guys. 

[GarryP]

In addition to the advice above, if you want the corners ‘slightly rounded’ (as in your initial example), you can put the image inside a rounded rectangle which is itself inside a rectangle, see attached image (and document).

slightly-rounded-corners.afdesign

Edited September 24, 2020 by GarryP
Added example document.

[Patrick Bell]

Use an artboard? How?

I actually want to curve the bottom of an image.

 

 

[GarryP]

Can you explain – preferably with a visual example – what you mean by “curve the bottom of an image”? (I can think of a few different results so more information would be useful.)

[Old Bruce]

1 hour ago, Patrick Bell said:

Use an artboard? How?

I actually want to curve the bottom of an image.

 

 

Curve the bottom of an image is a vague description.

 

 

[Patrick Bell]

 Granted. Convex is what I want to achieve. In coreldraw I would just convert to curves and double click to add a node.

But there seems nothing intuitive that will enable me to do anything but resize or crop an image.

Node, corner tools do nothing.

[carl123]

2 hours ago, Patrick Bell said:

Node, corner tools do nothing.

Not on a Pixel layer but you can do it starting with an Image Layer

2 hours ago, Patrick Bell said:

In coreldraw I would just convert to curves and double click to add a node.

 

You can convert an Image Layer to a Curve and the Node & Corner Tools then become active

 

There are various way to first "convert" your Pixel layer to an Image Layer, from which you can then convert to curves just like Coreldraw