: Photoshop CS5 Polygon Tool smooth corners "too smooth" I'm trying to create an 8-sided shape with the polygon tool. This is not a problem, but if I want smooth corners for my shape and I

@Fox8063795

There should be a radius option just by the smooth corners option.

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@Speyer780

Here's a simple workaround.

1) Create your polygon

2) Select it, and create a layer mask

3) Select the layer mask and smooth it.

4) Adjust the layer mask to include the smooth.

This way you maintain the actual polygon, you just mask the corners to make it seem rounded. This way is easily adjustable by further smoothing the mask or erasing the mask.

My result:

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@Yeniel278

I'm not sure why Photoshop doesn't let you adjust the radius when using that smooth option, but if you have Illustrator, you can get what you need by first creating the shape in Illustrator, then applying Effect > Stylize > Round Corners with an appropriate setting.

This is a vector effect that isn't available inside Photoshop. Once you've rounded the corners on the shape in Illustrator, you can select it, copy it, and paste it into Photoshop as a path or shape layer to work on further.

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@Ogunnowo857

When yo go to [Top Menu -> Select -> Modify -> Smooth] a window pops up asking you for your radius. If you are dealing with a very small image you may need to increase your image resolution in order to get finder smoothing.

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