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The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - SiriusA - 06-18-2024
But I have one question..
Where's the shape tool?
Is there some kind of a legal limitation for this to exist?
I mean, I would go to the left bar and I want to select a tool to use..
I might want to make a 5 pointed star for example, of any size, very quick and easy..
Or a circle, or a square, or triangle..
Am I just being stupid here? Crazy? Or why can't I find it?
BTW no I'm not such a big fan of having to do these sorts of things using a select tool, either.
I think there ought to be a line tool, also..
I mean SURE, I CAN hold the alt-key down, but to an average user, it sure is difficult to find.
Maybe it would be appropriate to include it in the same category as shapes?
A line is a shape.
RE: The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - PixLab - 06-18-2024
No shape tool ➤ OK... something to go with
To do do straight line, make a dab with a brush tool or the pen tool or any drawing too ➤ then hold the Shift key on your keyboard, than go on the other side of the canvas and make another dab, you got a straight line
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To make a star, I use the Symmetry painting tool, it's not showing up by default, thus go to Windows > Dockable Dialog > Symmetry painting, select Mandala number of point 5 (or whatever up to 100), Same as above make one dab, then hold the Shift key and dab down to the "opposite" side on the other point.
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Result:
(If you're on a transparent layer, then Alpha to selection, then Select > Remove holes, fill with bucket fill if needed)
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a circle:
use the Ellipse tool the go to Edit > Stroke selection
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Same for squares and rectangle
Last but not least there is that Gfig things, in Filters > Render > Gfig... which is not really user friendly (I mean no real control on the size), but it makes shapes, many kind of shapes, more about it ➤ here is the official documentation ➤ https://docs.gimp.org/en/plug-in-gfig.html
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RE: The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - rich2005 - 06-18-2024
(06-18-2024, 11:34 AM)SiriusA Wrote: But I have one question..
Where's the shape tool?
The built in shape tool is called gfig see: https://docs.gimp.org/en/plug-in-gfig.html
**but** it is a very old tool, goes back 20 something years and can be a bit flakey. Find it in Filters -> Render -> Gfig
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Otherwise, there are plugins to make shapes, usually via a path. I will attach one for you to play with arakne-path-shape-creator. Unzip and put all the files in your plugins folder. Linux users make the python file(s) executable.
Use a selection to constrain the size of the shape (although that can be adjusted from the plugin) Looks like this.
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RE: The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - SiriusA - 06-18-2024
Okay.
While I DO appreciate these answers, all of that looks complicated as ****.
Of course I KNOW that there are ways of making shapes in GIMP (duh-huh).
This is a bit more of a feature request.
What I MEANT, was..
Why is there not a tool for these specific things?
Is it due to a LEGAL issue?
I think it PROBABLY can't be due to a lack of programming knowledge issue.
I know I can do all of THOSE things but it's very COMPLICATED!
Point and click..
If that was one of my software patents I would just license it out to the GIMP team.
That would save a lot of time and hassle.
If that's one of mine, consider this to be the license.
RE: The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - MrsP-from-C - 06-18-2024
Quote:Why is there not a tool for these specific things?
Because up to now, nobody made it.
It's as simple as that.
The GIMP devs welcome new contributors who can code such tool.
RE: The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - SiriusA - 06-18-2024
You might want to go very simple on this..
Like, consider vectors..
ABC and so on..
If you want to make a five pointed star, you might want to consider it like this..
AzByCzDwEv..
To make the algorithm as simple as possible.
I right now programmed a bug. But I think you know the idea!
AzByCwDvEu...
GO NUTS, PROGRAMMING TEAM!
RE: The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - rich2005 - 06-18-2024
Keep replying like that will not get you any help, might get you banned. There are no developers here.
Make a feature request to: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues
Quote:...I might want to make a 5 pointed star for example, of any size, very quick and easy..
If you want a simple graphics editor, there are plenty around.
Then "any size, very quick" Ofnuts has a plugin that makes a shape from a defining path, but like everything in life you need to know how to use it.
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RE: The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - Ofnuts - 06-18-2024
(06-18-2024, 02:17 PM)rich2005 Wrote: Keep replying like that will not get you any help, might get you banned. There are no developers here.
Make a feature request to: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues
Quote:...I might want to make a 5 pointed star for example, of any size, very quick and easy..
If you want a simple graphics editor, there are plenty around.
Then "any size, very quick" Ofnuts has a plugin that makes a shape from a defining path, but like everything in life you need to know how to use it.
Looks a bit simpler if you show it like this:
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RE: The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - rich2005 - 06-18-2024
What the OP thinks While I DO appreciate these answers, all of that looks complicated
Everything too complicated
Maybe what the OP requires are shape making tools as in Inkscape. I seem to think the devs are going to implement vector layers, perhaps as a gfig replacement, but still in the distant future.
RE: The Gimp is a superb option for image editing... - Kevin - 06-19-2024
A shapes tool might happen as there's a Google Summer Of Code project that, in theory, is working on this: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/11190