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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

Who needs shape tool when we have text tool

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[-] koncertejo@lemmy.ml 94 points 3 months ago

really looks like more of a squircle

[-] hilliard@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago
[-] pelya@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months 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 28 points 3 months 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!
[-] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

Don't forget to draw the rest of the owl, too!

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

Just use Paint and do it within seconds.

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[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

outstanding move

some more unicode basic shapes for everyone

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[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you for the new gimp toolbar

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago

I drew some circles in Gimp once, check it out:

Squares and triangles too

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Please, I could do this in Photoshop if they added a shape that looks like this.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I know you're probably joking but Gimp has neither shape tools nor Vector Layers.

The secret ingredients are setting up a grid and resizing to work at a high resolution, turning on snap to grid, using the brush tool by clicking then holding shift then clicking again to create a line, fill tools, and using a very large brush followed by the same brush at the same point but smaller, and lastly the copy/paste, mirror, and rotate tools to create symmetrical or circular patterns.

Tbh its pretty time consuming but very simple to do.

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[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 months ago

how i'd do it:

[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 3 months ago

It's easy if you use the right tool.

  1. Draw circle in Inkscape
  2. Export as bitmap
  3. Import bitmap in GIMP.
[-] HStone32@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

Welll first you draw this head...

[-] callyral@pawb.social 17 points 3 months ago

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

[-] neclimdul@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

It does! And it's so easy to use.

  • Draw a circle with the ellipse selection tool
  • From the edit menu choose "stroke selection" and follow the dialogs
  • Remove your selection

It's so obvious I can't imagine why anyone would be confused.

[-] callyral@pawb.social 8 points 3 months ago

Draw a circle with the ellipse selection tool

So it does have what is effectively a circle shape tool. I don't know why people are saying it doesn't.

[-] neclimdul@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I was being sarcastic because really it doesn't have a tool with explicit features, just a workaround using a couple features together.

For a new user it's very difficult to do a pretty basic task.

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[-] festnt@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago

nope, and nobody knows why

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago
  1. Because it's a photo editing tool, not a painter. Different priorities.
  2. Because a shape tool requires non-destructive vector layers.
  3. ...and implementing that would require a fundamental overhaul of the current vector backend from 2006.

The development of 3.0 was focused on GEGL and non-destructive editing. Working on the shape tool in parallel would've taken away resources and pushed back the release date even further.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago

Why can a shape tool not be pixel based? There's no intrinsic requirement for vectors.

[-] callyral@pawb.social 8 points 3 months ago

Because a shape tool requires non-destructive vector layers.

No it doesn't, why not a bitmap shape tool?

[-] AugustWest@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

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

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yep. It's not Inkscape.

Do PhotoShop and Illustrator both do full vector editing? I never paid to find out.

Photoshop can't draw capsicums so GIMP is still better.

[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 4 points 3 months ago
[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago
[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago
[-] Zwiebel@feddit.org 5 points 3 months ago

Yep. It's not Tux Paint.

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 16 points 3 months ago

now this is truly terrible knowledge.

[-] jpablo68@infosec.pub 10 points 3 months ago

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

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[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Honestly it's not that hard to make a circle, you just use the selection tool and paint can, add a border if you want a hollow circle.

That being said it's absolutely absurd that the shape tool isn't a thing and triangles are a bitch

[-] letsgo@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago

I asked AI for an anime style circle and got this

[-] Skunk@jlai.lu 7 points 3 months ago

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

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Sure. First 10 minutes will be intro ans last 10mins will be telling to like, share and sabaracribe

[-] ian@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

Set a large pencil brush size and click a large black dot. Then make the brush smaller and white, then click once in the middle.

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[-] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 3 months ago
[-] base@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago
[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Astounding.

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

edit -> stroke selection

[-] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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

[-] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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

[-] roguetrick@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's just a classic GIMP response to what you posted that it's essentially a meme. Curved lines, like shapes, are best done in a vector editor like inkscape or illustrator. Raster edits bitmaps, which, being squares, don't make good curves no matter how steady your hand is. Gimp does have a path tool though.

[-] OldManBOMBIN@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ah, I gotcha now.

Yeah honestly taking the only think I do with gimp is use it to make shitty memes and decent gifs. It's really solid for animating in my opinion.

You know, like the South Park kind, not the good kind

[-] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago

Have you looked into vector graphics editors?

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[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 2 points 3 months 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.

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

Btw, clicking exactly in the middle is the hardest part

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[-] traches@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

you motherfucker

[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

This thread has made it clear to me that I should wait another year before checking on gimp again.

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