[oclug] GIMP- is there a circle Drawing tool?

[Dave Edwards]

On Tue, 2002-08-27 at 10:27, charles.macdonald at hrdc-drhc.gc.ca wrote:
> I was trying to prepare a photo to put on my web site the other day, and I 
> wanted to draw a circle to hi-light one feature.
> 
> I did not see a circle drawing choice on the main menu.  I was a bit rushed 
> and so I did not take the time to look deeply, but was surprised as this is 
> the first feature of Paint-Shop-Pro that I have not seen on the GIMP.
> 
> I drew it freehand for now, but would like to know where such features are 
> hidden so I can re-do it to look better later.
> 

The GIMP is not really a drawing tool.  But this can be done fairly
easily by selecting a circle, and then <right-click> -> Edit -> Stroke. 
You'll want to choose an approriate pen or brush for this, too.  That's
if you want a circle.  For a disc, just fill the selection -- that's the
paint bucket.

Alternatively, from within the GIMP, you could use Gfig, GIMP's vector
drawing tool. <right-click> -> Filters -> Render -> Gfig.

Cheers,
Dave.
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