I am currently reviewing plug-ins with "real users".
Some plug-ins apparently and annoyingly lack much needed functionality.
For instance, the PolarCoord plug-in insists on rendering into the same
image as source, with same dimensions.
So, an obvious maneuver like render a ribbon of text (say 1400x300 pixels)
then use the polar transform to make it circular does not work as
expected, since it outputs a circle of diameter 300 pixels.
It is not the only plug-in with that problem, MapObject also insists on
rendering into an image of the same size.
Either
1. I have not found the "right way" to have these plug-ins render images
of the right size. It is then very much unlikely that normal users will
find a way to do this.
2. The needed functionality is absent. I consider this to be a BUG that
needs to be fixed before 1.2 is out. It is a bug because we feature some
plug-ins that provide a functionality provided by decent painting
programs, yet this functionality lacks some fundamental setting, contrary
to the intuition of all users.
What do you think?
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