What happened to my sharp corners?

[Rundle67]

I use PS to draw line art and then color it. So my understanding of deep PS mysteries is limited. I am using PS CS6 Version 13 in Windows 7.

I was trying to figure out how to make the Rounded Rectangle Tool make rectangles with rounded corners as it was only making ordinary square-corned rectangles just like the Rectangle Tool. I somehow accomplished this and was even able to adjust the radius of the corners. I don't remember how I did this (and that's the trouble) but I was happy.

I normally draw lines and shapes with the Pen Tool then grab the Brush Tool and go to the Paths palette and click on the little Stroke circle which strokes the line I have drawn.

Unfortunately, now when I use the Pen Tool to draw a shape, a triangle for instance, and stroke it with the Brush Tool the corners are not sharp and pointy like before (and like I want) but are rounded. How can I get the sharp corners back when I stroke the lines of the shape I have made?

 

[thebestcpu]

Hi @Rundle67
I have not used CS6 for some time so had to look at a reference.
Rounded Corner rectangles were more limited that what you get in CC
Here is a link in the Adobe community that might shed some light for you.
John Wheeler

https://community.adobe.com/t5/phot...ounded-rectangle-in-photoshop-cs6/m-p/8750802

 

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[IamSam]

How can I get the sharp corners back when I stroke the lines of the shape I have made?

Here's a "cheat" for CS6.

Use your Pen Tool set to "shape" to create a triangle....


Add a stroke layer style.
Set the color and width of stroke.
Set stroke for inside.


Now lower the layers "Fill" to 0%
Sharp cornered triangle!!


Use the Pen Tool, Direct Selection Tool, or Free Transform to edit shape, and the stroke layer style to edit the stroke.

 

[Rundle67]

Thank you folks. Both of these solutions work for me. I'm so glad I've found this forum.