A couple of months ago, i'm pretty much new in photoshop and experiencing difficulty in generating a fast rounded corners photo using Adobe Photoshop. After hours of researches, carefully selecting quite a few tutorials on the net, my choice would be on Matt Thommes article, his method is by far the quickest and easiest to learn for me, a beginner in photoshop around that time.

I have made up my mind to write my own tutorial version (based on Matt's idea of course), supposed to be much simpler and straightforward for Adobe Photoshop's starter:

1. As usual, create a new canvas by selecting from the top navigation menu, File => New

2. Select a rounded rectangle tool from the left side panel.

3. Create a random size (your pick) of rounded rectangle size as depicted on the screenshot below:

4. Insert your photo on the canvas by selecting File => Place, by now your photoshop canvas should look similar as below:

5. Click on Shape 1 layer (the rounded rectangle) and choose on the Paths.