weird problem with adjust layers

here is a picture of what is wrong.

http://animepoke.hypermart.net/weird.jpg

the problem is that i am trying to do the blur/guassian blur then adjsut layers to make all hte boxes round liek for an interface but the adjust/layers window is not what all hte forms are like. Can anyone help me. Here is what i am trying it to look like.

http://robouk.mchost.com/tuts/tabmenus/img2.gif

thanks so much

What's wrong with just using the Elliptical Marquee or the Pen tool to make a rounded box?

i like this way because i can blend them together with out taking more time and i jsut like doing it this way. I use hte marquee for small things not for things like interfaces. Can nayone help me.

...dam it sucks being grounded.

I think its because your background is transparent.

Try it on a white background and then if necessary, screen this layer over the rest. Alternatively use whatever background colour you need.

You need to be in the channels pallette and not the layers pallette (that I can see you are in) - make the shape as a new channel and then blur and use the levels.

aha! channels. That sounds more user-friendly than my suggestion.

thehermit is right - look at the two pics - you'll see in the "good" one on the upper left corner it says "alpha channel" - load your selection there, blur it and the adjust, load the selection again - the works....

but how do i load it as a channel

never mind i found a way thaks for your help