I'd like to insert perfect arrows (the sort you can make using Inkscape: straight, symmetric tips, of customizable width and length, etc.) into images in GIMP. At the moment the closest thing to this I can do is by holding down "shift" whilst using the PaintBrush tool which just creates straight lines (with no arrowheads).
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GIMP features no ready "shapes" tools, or the ability to easily create arrows. You have to draw then manually - either zooming in the head region and using click_shift to raw two straight lines for the head - or using the paths tool to start with, manually putting two segments to the head, and selecting "edit->stroke" for the whole path.
The advantage of the second approach is being able to fine tune the arrow before the stroke or undo/adjust/stroke again.
Depending on the workflow, you could draw a nice, steady arrow in a separate image, then copy it and edit->paste as new->brush - then you'd have a nice arrow stamp, with customizable size and angle to use with the brush tool.
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