Re: [Gimp-user] Selection to Path

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 27/02/16 16:17, gimp-users mbourne spamgourmet com wrote:
> Ofnuts wrote:
> > You have a a very valid point however, getting a circle/ellipse
> > selection to overlap an existing circle/ellipse is not very easy;
> > framing it with a rectangle selection and then getting the
> > circle/ellipse that fits the rectangle would often be easier.
>
> In GIMP 2.8.10 on Windows, the ellipse select tool shows a rectangle 
> around the area, as well as the ellipse to be selected. It can also be 
> adjusted before using the selection, so you don't have to get it 
> exactly right first go.
>
> Which version are you using? 2.8.10 is rather old now, but it would 
> seem a bit of a backwards step to have removed those features in newer 
> versions.
>
> Mark.

You are of course completely right. But with the ellipse showing your 
brain is tricked into making the ellipse match, not the frame :)