Draw a circle in Gimp - how it works

You can do a lot with the freeware program Gimp. Even drawing a circle is not difficult. We'll show you how.

How to draw a circle with Gimp

Unfortunately, there is no direct selection to draw a circle. You must take the detour via "Elliptical Selection". Just follow the steps below:

1. Open Gimp and create a new picture or open an existing one.
2. Click "Elliptical Selection" at the top of the toolbar.
3. Click the color picker box, which is also in the toolbar. Select the desired circle color here.
4. Drag an ellipse with the mouse and hold "Shift" before releasing the mouse pointer to select a circle.
5. Now go to the menu item »Edit«. Here you select »Follow up selection«
6. In the dialog box that opens, you can also set the line type - for example, its thickness. You can get a nice circle, for example, with the function »Draw with the help of a painting tool« and the selection "Brush".
7. Finally, click OK".

Draw a filled circle with Gimp

If you want to fill in the circle, all you have to do in the »Edit« menu item is to select »Fill with foreground color«.

Find out more about Gimp here. If you want to create graphics, vector graphics programs are particularly suitable - for example the free Inskape.