Drawing basic & rounded rectangles in Photoshop

<Drawing a basic rectangle>

1) Select the rectangle tool from the toolbar in Photoshop (Figure 1.)

2) Draw a rectangle as you wish.

3) Select Edit > Stroke and then specify the width (thickness) and color (Figure 2.)

Select Rectangular
Figure 1. Select the Rectangular Tool
Stroke
Figure 2. The Stroke window
Basic Rectangular
Figure 3. Basic Rectangular

 

<Drawing a rounded rectangular>

1) Select the rectangle tool from the toolbar (Figure 1 above.)

2) Select Select > Modify > Smooth (Figure 4.)

3) Specify the sample radius in pixels in the Smooth Selection window (Figure 5.)

4) Select Edit > Stroke and then specify the width (thickness) and color (Figure 2 above.)

Modify_Smooth
Figure 4. Select Modify > Smooth
Smooth Selection Option
Figure 5. The Smooth Selection window
Rounded Rectangular
Figure 6. Rounded Rectangular

* The screen shots above are based on Photoshop CS5.

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