How To Draw Arrows In Gimp

Intention¶

This tutorial shows you how you can practice straight lines with GIMP, using the Shift cardinal. This tutorial doesn't use directly lines for circuitous tasks; its intended to show how you can use information technology to create quick and easy line effects.

Step one¶

First, create a new image. Whatsoever size volition do.

Footstep ii¶

Then click on the paintbrush. Any of the red-highlighted tools on the in a higher place toolbox can do lines.

Stride 3¶

Later you lot click the paintbrush tool, you can click the image. A single dot will appear on the screen. The size of this dot represents the current brush size, which you can change in the Brush Dialog.
At present, lets outset drawing a line. Concur down the Shift button, and continue it down.

Step 4¶

After you lot take a starting point, and have held downwards the Shift primal, you'll see a line like to a higher place if y'all're running GIMP version 1.two.x or later. This feature was not present in GIMP version one.0.four. Notwithstanding, the side by side step works the same fashion.
Printing the first button on the Mouse (the leftmost i usually) and and then let it go. During that whole "click" of the Mouse button, yous need to keep the Shift key held down.

Concluding¶

See how the line is drawn on top of the preview? This is a powerful feature of the Paint Brush. You tin can use it with any of the tools shown in pace 3, or fifty-fifty describe more than lines at the end of this one.
Some more examples are shown beneath. Happy GIMPing!
Seth