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It'll be good if they can improve on the abomination that is GIMP. Glimpse will be worth using even if all they do is implement a way to draw circles.

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You can make a selection, set x and y to the same number in the tool options, then fill it. I would like a dedicated circle tool too.

I've seen some hilarious work arounds to do it. But it's funny to think it's been over 20 years of development, and there's still no circle tool.

There is a circle selection tool. Using that you can also draw circles on the image with the trace selection button.

Alright I'll entertain this. I'm in GIMP right now. Used the circle selection tool to select a circle that I want to make a circle with. I looked under Selection and also under Tools > Selection Tools in the top menu, but I couldn't find a "trace selection button". I don't see such a button in the circle selection toolbox settings either. Genuinely baffled, I almost feel dumb for not being able to find it.

My point though, is in any other image editor, you click the circle tool and start making circles in 2 seconds.

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