: Does Gimp support custom shapes? Why doesn't The Gimp have drawing tools? Weird isn't it? Something I'm trying to do today, and not for the first time, is take in a picture and just annotate

@Cugini998

If you want STRAIGHT LINES (or RECTANGLES), then (just create a new layer and) :
1) choose BRUSH and click mouse anywhere.
2 ) After clicking, then press SHIFT and click on another place;

Between them will be straight Line!

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@Murray976

As far as I'm concerned, there aren't native shapes in The Gimp.

There is, however several solutions:

====1==== a collection of scripts that create paths, called Shape Paths.

Supported shapes:


Squares
rectangles, rounded rectangles
circles, ellipses, ovals
polygons
stars
flowers
gears
triangle waves, square waves and sine waves




====2====
Another thing you can do is export customized paths (using the Path utility) and import them when you need them. It's probably better if you use Inkscape for this. You can also use the shapes of PNG files.

====3====
A last option is to use dingbat fonts, because you can use them the same way you'd use a shape template :)

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