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Colored Rings - bearcat22 - 01-08-2020
Please God, have mercy on me. My intentions are good. This is to make a gift for a precious friend, a game set.
I am trying to reproduce the rings shown on the game board in the image at the bottom of this post.
Since there aren't any "how to draw a colored ring" directions, I am attempting to follow the steps on WikiHow entitled Draw A Circle in Gimp.
https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Circle-in-Gimp
However, even though this guide is insanely long and arduous, it is missing crucial information.
It does have pictures, but not ENOUGH pictures. It names things, but does not tell the user WHERE in the insanely complex GIMP interface, to Find Them.
For example, Step 6 says
"Select the color you want to use for the border in the color picker. Click the current foreground color in the Toolbox and select the color you want to use as the border for the circle."
This is Not Enough Information. The image on step six shows a rainbow menu. But going to Tools > Color Picker does NOT show me any such rainbow menu.
RE: Colored Rings - rich2005 - 01-08-2020
Oh dear, you will have to learn patience.
A little video that might help: https://youtu.be/BaEw5Vx81CA duration 6 minutes
Contains:
Set up suitable canvas
Set up per-image grid
Keep associated items in layers
That two-circle button you are having trouble with
Drawing straight lines.
Fill canvas with a pattern
For that last one, You need a decent size tilable (ie seamless) pattern. You can find these on the internet but to get you started that cork pattern and also a wood pattern of sorts. Both jpegs a bit too big for this forum.
Download from https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZ2xIfkZk37Bit4i74VtzVqXzCxejmHU60Lk and unzip
You will notice I am not using the dark (black) interface. Very difficult to see in a video. The docks are a different arrangement from the default. Everything is there in your Gimp - just look for it.
RE: Colored Rings - grits - 02-05-2020
A very nice video! Thank you for posting it.