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I am wondering if there is a way to make GIMP (2.8 on Mac) allow me to make a rectangle with rounded corners - the radius being over 100 px. This seems to be the current limit.

This would greatly help me make great looking iOS app icons.

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The radius in the rounded rectangle tool in Gimp 2.8 is actually a percentage. It wouldn't make sense for it to go over 100 percent.

At least, this is the case for me on Gimp 2.8.2/Windows.

Personally, I prefer a little bit more control so I do this kind of stuff in Inkscape, an SVG-based vector editor. I can still then export to GIMP.

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So... There's a cap on how rounded my rectangles can be? I'm trying to get an iOS app icon with rounded corners that match the ones forced on be the system. – Undo Jan 9 at 14:37
No, no cap. 100% means that it's as rounded as it can possibly be. The percent sign means that it isn't measured in pixels, percentage is a measurement where "100%" is the maximum, meaning the diameter is the same as the smaller dimension of your rectange. 100% on a square would turn it into a circle, for instance. You can't get any more rounded than it. Perhaps I've misunderstood your question, or what you want to do - if so could you add an example of what you want to achieve to your question? – thomasrutter Jan 11 at 0:03

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