a much easier way, is to select a box shape, and go to selection ->stroke, with the color you want your borders to be
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:13:44 -0600 (CST) Thus said Sam Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > i'd like to know how i can draw a diagram with > > straight lines and boxes with gimp. i've searched > > around but the closest i could get was how to draw > > pixels with paint brush - this doesn't help me much > > when trying to make lone straight lines > > Let's see. . . . > > Drawing a Box > > 1. Choose the rectangle select tool. > 2. Draw a box that matches the borders you want. > 3. Fill the box with the FG color (Edit->Fill->Foreground or > control-comma) > 4. Choose Select->Shrink. > 5. Fill the box with the BG color (Edit->Fill->Background or > control-period). > 6. You have a rectangle with a border the foreground color filled > with BG color. > > Drawing a long line > > 1. With pencil tool (brush if you want fuzzy edges to the line), > select the start point. > 2. Holding down the shift key, select the end point. > > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user -- Thomi Richards [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thomi.imail.net.nz/ Thomi Richards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
