On Sep 28, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Craig Bradney wrote:
Do we have to confuse it all and have one single file to determine
all of
these things?
Colors
Patterns
Gradients
Various formats exist for those, but the idea of the colour format
was to
define colours..
Actually that's a very good question.
Right off hand I think of the complement to that... why does an
artist need to store all his things in separate boxes?
From early on I've been a proponent of trying to get programs to
follow general art usage and term, instead of having artists change
their work habits to meet specific implementations of programs.
What I keep hearing from artists is that they want a "swatch book"
format, not just a "flat color" thing. So that's exactly why I raised
the question of what is the goal. Do we need to spec a swatch format,
or only a color format?
One thing I would be very happy with is specifying a color format
that will fit inside of a new swatch format. So those who care only
about flat colors will be happy, but then those programs that want to
share a bit more can do that too.
I think perhaps listing out a few scenarios about how end users may
actually interact with things would be good. If we get some of those
going, it is likely to lead us to a better grasp on how things should
or should not be implemented behind the scenes.
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