I've googled this over and over and can't seem to find a way to create a rounded rectangle selection *without* fill.

The rounded rectangle keeps filling in with black color and Stroke (Outline) Selection... under Edit menu is dimmed. I can't click it.

Online it says to use the Custom Shape Tool but the rounded rectangle isn't in the menu under Shapes.

What am I missing here? Is there a way to use the rounded rectangle tool to create what I want with line similiar to stroke instead of filling it in?

Yup, I haven't been able to find a video that tells me how to do it. They keep saying to use simplify then stroke then change opacity from 100% to 0% but the fill is still there? I actually gave up after hours of looking for a way to do this and trying different ways then gave up.

Do you know of any Youtube videos that answer this question and actually work?

See screenshot. The one with lines on the right is the one I want.

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I think I'm almost there. The layers menu only has "Simplify Layer" (no "Rasterize" any where) and it changes to a selection after clicking it.

I found instructions under "Expand or contract a selection by a specific number of pixels" and was able to do it once. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/modifying-selections.html

Selection > Modify > Contract Selection... was available but now it's dimmed again when I try to create another rounded rectangle, even after clicking Simplify.

Am I missing a step here to be able to use the Contract Selection... option again?

Screenshot showing the result when I got it to work once.

Rounded Rectangle (resized).jpg

That does work and it does leave a black outline. Is there a way to make the line a bit thicker like 1 or 2 pixels? It's pretty thin.

Left one is the thickness I'd like if possible. (The left one was scanned from a rubber parts chart for a different game so I can use parts of it to create one for my game) Right one is after I filled it with white from the bucket.

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Thanks, what I did was DELETE after clicking OK instead of ESC and it seems to work and the line thickness is better. What do you think?

Draw your rounded rectangle with the draw tool.
Simplify the layer
Select the shape with the Marquee tool (I use Magic Wand tool)
Go to EDIT/STROKE
Select OUTSIDE/CENTER/INSIDE for line location around the shape
Select width and color of line
Click OK
(This is where I clicked DELETE)

Do your steps after clicking OK do the same thing?

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That makes sense.

What would be the best way to create a rounded rectangle with angles like the screenshot below? (scanned it from the parts chart I obtained for another game)

Only thing I can think of would be to draw the circles first then use the line tool for the borders to represent the playfield plastics and the posts but there may be a better way to do this?

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I've thought of cutting and pasting from the lines and circles in the old parts chart but I thought it might be easier to create them. I have Word on the PC. How would you use Word do do this? Copy, cut and paste then paste into PE?

I tried IMAGE/TRANSFORM/PERSPECTIVE and it does get that kind of shape from a rounded rectangle shape but it's more of a "Star Wars" kind of perspective where one end appears further away and the lines become thicker nearer you.

I appreciate the offer. I'm using a photo of the playfield as a guide for the sizes of each plastic and lane guides so it's probably easier for me to do it myself. BTW, the rubber parts chart you created for your Bon Voyage in another thread inspired me to do this, especially because there's no rubber parts chart available for my game.

I didn't know Inkscape was free. Will try it out. I used to use Illustrator years ago but my license is just too old to use.

xsvtoys I'd forgotten how incredibly detailed your BV chart was. I used a rubber rings measurement chart to measure the old rings that were falling off my game and hand drew a rubber parts chart showing the rubber ring and color post locations. Now I'm doing a digital version of this chart using PE.

Btw, I've been switching back and forth between doing this chart and doing a stepper unit tear down cleaning and reassembly.