06-18-2024, 12:46 PM (This post was last modified: 06-18-2024, 01:00 PM by PixLab.)
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
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.
Result:
(If you're on a transparent layer, then Alpha to selection, then Select > Remove holes, fill with bucket fill if needed)
a circle:
use the Ellipse tool the go to Edit > Stroke selection
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
(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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
