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Linux Tips: Create an unfilled circle in The GIMP

I love The GIMP. I use it every day for many different things. I know The GIMP well and have little problem using any aspect of this image manipulation program. There is one task, however, that always throws me for a loop when I have to undertake it: Creating an unfilled circle. You would think it a simple task. Click a tool, drag the tool to create the circle you want, and create the circle. That works well if you are creating a filled circle. But what if the circle you want to create looks more like “O” than a large “.”? Well for that you have to take a few steps to complete your “O”. Oh sure you could just use the text tool and create an unfilled circle using the “O” character – but doing this requires you 1) find the right font and 2) choose the precise size.
But how is it done? It takes 6 simple steps to do (there is an optional 7th step I will show you). In this article I am going to show you those steps.