GIMP - drawing a circle

GIMP doesn't have shape-drawing tools, but it does have shape
selection tools. So the trick is to make a circular selection,
then turn that into a line.

Tools-->Selection Tools-->Ellipse Select

Draw your circle

Edit->Stroke Selection.... Will bring up a dialog
where you can select the stroke width, or stroke with a paint tool
if you want to use a particular brush.

Gimp: Making Colors in a GIF Transparent

1. Open the Gif file


2. Layer-->Transparency-->Add Alpha Channel


3. Select-->By Color


4. click on the color in the image you want to be transparent. These colors will now show up outlined.


5. Edit-->Clear. This should now erase the outlined color you just picked from the image and the "transparent gimp checkerbox" should show through. This is the Gimps way of showing you that section is now transparent.


6. Choose SAVE AS and make sure to save as a GIF file if you want the transparency to work on the web.