Cc zero not pd please :-) On Apr 16, 2013 12:49 PM, "Boudewijn Rempt" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Apr 2013, Alexia Death wrote: > > Hi, >> >> Brushpacks should not be mixed: so no mypaint brushes and gimp >> brushes in one brushpack. >> >> >> Why this restriction >> > > To make life easier for users. We discussed this a lot, but creating a > brush pack that contains, for instance, both Krita and MyPaint brushes > wasn't seen as desirable. > > and why different internal formats >> > > I'm not getting this question -- the formats are there because that's how > applications define their brushes. Mypaint's .myb format is different from > Krita's .kpp and Gimp's .gdyn. > > and why such a complicated create folder format? >> > > Hm... What do you consider the complications? Basically, it's just the > equivalent of the way the create spec stores patterns, brushes, gradients > etc. in separate directories, extended to allow new brush types that are > not in create, like kpp, myb etc. > > It would >> be very simple to have a pack& create forder structure that allows for >> both mixed packets and for each app only >> handle what it can/need... >> >> something along the lines of: >> /manifest.xml >> /coolpack-cutes/tags.xml >> /coolpack-cutes/shared/* - resources in common formats - svg, png, gif, >> whatever, as long as the format isnt app >> specific, pehaps subfoolders by resource intended use... >> > > I'm not really seeing right away the improvement that adding a "shared" > directory level gives above having the common resources in their already > defined create directory names. > > /coolpack-cutes/mypaint/* -stuff in mypaint format, acceptable to mypaint >> and dictated by mypaint >> /coolpack-cutes/gimp/* - stuff in gimp format, following gimp resource >> structure, subfolders for brushes, >> dynamics, etc >> /coolpack-cutes/krita/*- stuff in krita format that only krita can >> understand >> >> and same structure in create/ resource folder. >> >> So, if gimp starts supporting mypaint, all it needs to do, is dig into >> shared mypaint resources in create. Same >> goes for krita and for say mypaint getting a brush engine that lets it >> read gimp resources... >> > > > If I get you correctly, you'd prefer to copy a gradient or pattern that is > used by a brush into the create-defined location for gradients or patterns? > We decided against that because those gradients or patterns (or even the > brush tips themselves) are only packaged because they belong to a > particular brush and shouldn't be automatically made available as a shared > gradient or pattern. > > Boudewijn > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > >
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