{"id":130,"date":"2006-08-25T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2006-08-25T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2010-10-17T11:45:30","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T18:45:30","slug":"graphic-tip-rounded-rectangle-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/2006\/08\/graphic-tip-rounded-rectangle-borders\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphic Tip: Rounded Rectangle Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using same corner radius setting for both outer and inner rounded rectangles will create a &#8220;lump&#8221; corner like an eaten mice in snake&#8217;s stomach.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/images\/postgraphics\/graphics\/borderthesnake.png\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #b8b8b8; font-size: x-small;\">Mmm, mice!<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/images\/postgraphics\/graphics\/bordermeasurement.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Radius number should always be lower for inner box. In measurement example picture above, I used 14 px for outer box, 8 px for inner box to create a perfect size border all across the corners.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/images\/postgraphics\/graphics\/radiussetting.png\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #b8b8b8; font-size: x-small;\">Photoshop&#8217;s Rounded Rectangle Tool Setting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"bwrapper\" align=\"center\">\n<div class=\"boxtop\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"boxmid\">\n<div class=\"tipicon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"boxtext\"><strong>Side Tip:<\/strong> Enable &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/images\/postgraphics\/graphics\/snaptopixel.png\" alt=\"Snap to Pixels\" class=\"thickbox\">Snap to Pixels<\/a>&#8216; in option box if you want box to be sharp instead of loose like vector.  Leaving it unchecked will make the box blurry when rasterized.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boxbottom\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Image below is an example of widget box my brother designed with incorrect radius setting:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/images\/postgraphics\/graphics\/bordercomparison.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While average Joe will not notice this, it&#8217;s something that all graphic designers should know.  It will make your work look more professional and accurate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using same corner radius setting for both outer and inner rounded rectangles will create a &#8220;lump&#8221; corner like an eaten mice in snake&#8217;s stomach. Mmm, mice! Radius number should always be lower for inner box. In measurement example picture above, I used 14 px for outer box, 8 px for inner box to create a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.artofadambetts.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}