How do I round corners of digital photos? preferably free?

Question

this is the first time i've used this. but how can i get rounded corners of digital photos, like this? :

Answer 1

I will use Photoshop as an example, and assume that similar programs offer similar capabilities.

Use the Selection tool to select an area of the photo less than the entire image area.
Do Select\Modify\Smooth - enter a pixel value equal to the radius of the curved corners you want.
You'll now have an image area selected that's equivalent to image area you want.
Cut out that image and paste it to a new blank image file, or, do Select\Inverse and cut out the border - the image border/background will be the color you have set as the background color

Answer 2

Thanks Matt! I just did it your way, but found a shortcut.

Go ahead with the whole select > modify > smooth process to choose a radius. Next, use select > inverse and then, just hit the delete key. Voila, you're done.

Okay, you can crop to a size just big enough to get rid of everything but the actual image, but this works fine.

Thanks again and you deserve the "best answer."