[Gimp-user] Circle selection with defined diameter size

[alin33 <forums gimpusers com>]

Thank you very much , Does the 20 mm in the screenshot does it mean 20 mm size
of the vertical and horizontal diameter of the circle?

> First of all, Gimp is a raster (bitmap) editor and works in **pixels**
> although it can show equivalents as long as you realise these are tied
> to the printing resolution. An example is the standard template for
> A5(300ppi) which is set up in mm. see screenshot.
>
> ..but it can be any-old canvas size/resolution.
>
> To make a circular selection of a given size (in millimetres) 
>
> You can set a fixed size but that is in pixels so the most direct way
> is see: screenshot
>
> 1. In the elliptical select tool options set the size units to mm from
> the drop down menu.
>
> 2. Draw any selection in the canvas.
>
> 3. Manually enter the size in the two height / width of selection
> boxes.
>
> 4. Click and drag the selection to the required position
>
> 5. Hit enter to fix the selection
>
> rich: www.gimp-forum.net

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