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Ellipse-tool
The ellipse-tool is used to draw filled and outlined ellipses to the image. It is used by pressing down the mouse-button and dragging the mouse around. A preview of the ellipse is rendered on the screen and when the mouse-button is released, the actual ellipse is drawn.
Settings
Figure 1 shows the contents of the tool-setup-window when it is displaying the setup for the ellipse-tool.
Figure 1: Setup view for the ellipse-tool.
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- Fill Ellipse
- When this option is enabled, the ellipse will be filled with the foreground-color. Otherwise only the outline of the ellipse will be drawn.
- Corner To Corner
- When this option is selected, the first click will set one corner for the bounding box of the ellipse and releasing the mouse-button will set the opposite corner for the bounding box.
- Center To Corner
- When this option is selected, the first click will set the center for the ellipse and releasing the mouse-button will set the lengths of the half-axis of the ellipse.
Keyboard Modifiers
- Pressing down left control while setting the size of the ellipse forces it to be a circle.
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