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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

Who needs shape tool when we have text tool

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[-] hilliard@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago
[-] pelya@lemmy.world 51 points 1 week ago
  1. Type letter 'c' using the text tool, as you've already done
  2. Create a new layer from text
  3. Duplicate layer
  4. Transform - flip horizontally
  5. Merge two layers

It's a basic GIMP knowledge, really. Don't forget to add an alpha channel to your layer after step 2, otherwise it won't work.

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago

Why would you do this when the functionality is built right in?

  1. Open Photoshop
  2. Select the Ellipse Tool
  3. Draw a Circle of Your Choosing
  4. Press Print Screen on Your Keyboard
  5. Voila! A Fresh Circle to Paste/Insert Into Your GIMP Project!
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[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

outstanding move

some more unicode basic shapes for everyone

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[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 46 points 1 week ago

how i'd do it:

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[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 1 week ago

It's easy if you use the right tool.

  1. Draw circle in Inkscape
  2. Export as bitmap
  3. Import bitmap in GIMP.
[-] callyral@pawb.social 25 points 1 week ago

does GIMP not have a circle/shape tool? Why?

[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago

nope, and nobody knows why

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[-] AugustWest@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Why would it? It's a photo editing tool, not a drawing tool.

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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 16 points 1 week ago

now this is truly terrible knowledge.

[-] jpablo68@infosec.pub 14 points 1 week ago

I just made one, just need to merge those three layers and I'll be done...

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[-] Skunk@jlai.lu 8 points 1 week ago

Please make a 45 minute tutorial video to share that knowledge 🙏

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 1 week ago
[-] base@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Astounding.

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

You can also use the brush tool and just draw a circle that's completely filled in at whatever size you want and then remove the inner portion that you don't want by switching to the erase tool and then shrinking the size of the circle brush to what you don't need and clicking directly in the center of the circle.

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[-] traches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

you motherfucker

[-] h4x0r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

edit -> stroke selection

[-] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Circles are easy. Squares and rectangles, too. What gets me is curvy lines. Not just randomly curvy because my hand is shaky, but like precise curves. I use mspaint every time.

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Someone tell him why he's wrong from using vectors in a raster editor or something.

[-] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Not gonna lie, I don't even know what that means. I just do things

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