Do you understand how bitmaps and raster drawing works?
Yes I know the difference between vector and bitmaps
Everything is represented as a 2d array of pixels.
Only after the rasterization has taken place.
The circle selection before you paint can be moved/scaled/etc and then when you actually want to draw the circle trace the path with the appropriate thickness and use antialiasing if you need to smooth it.
The problem is that the selection itself can lose information, it’s handled internally as a raster mask. That’s why you should use a real vector shape.
If you want to make vector drawings, take a look at InkScape. GIMP is the wrong tool for that, so use the right tool for the job if that’s what you want to do.
No. Raster editors can support vector shapes. They vectors are rasterized during the final export, not while creating the shape (which is lossy and what selection shapes are).
Look at how to create, move and transform a circle in photoshop (or if you don’t want to give adobe money, use photopea).
My opinion: this is pointless
LLMs are stochastic regurgitators, but software can already be copy/pasted without cost.
Why should we be interested in an LLM clone of photoshop when there are already clones of photoshop (e.g. https://photopea.com/)?
If I want to use photoshop (or something like it), then I’ll use photoshop (or something like it: i.e. photopea).
There’s literally no point in favour of using the LLM copy, it’s going to have less support and less security (since its training data will have also included prompt injection attacks).
It’s just more of the same, but worse. Even for the sake of argument: if it wasn’t worse, it’d still be more of the same.
I’m not interested in more of the same, I’m interested in things made by people that push the boundaries of what’s possible: (e.g. graphite).