@Martin
It seams to be much more difficult, don't you think?

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Martin Nordholts <ense...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 05/06/2010 04:24 PM, Thales img wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have an idea and I'd like to know what you think about it.
> >
> > Let's suppose a situation:
> >
> > We make a 100 x 100px rectangle selection on a 2000 x 2000px, and we
> > want to create a new layer to paint the rectangle, so when we  ask a for
> > a new layer a popup is opened asking Name, Width, Height, etc, for the
> > new layer, for default the Width and Height values are 2000px² (our
> > document's size), we click "Ok" and we have a new layer.
> >
> > My point here it is that we have a 2000px² layer for a 100px² object,
> > and as I can see - as a user - a 2000px² consumes more performance(I
> > don't know if it's Memory or CPU) than a 100px².
> >
> > So my idea is to have a option when creating a new layer; maybe a
> > checkbox with something like:
> >
> > [__] Follow Selection's Size
>
> That is a step in the wrong direction, the right thing to do is to make
> layer boundaries automatically managed so a user won't be bothered with
> the New Layer dialog at all.
>
>  / Martin
>
>
>
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