I am also finding that when I try to apply the yellow mask the entire
image turns to a 'washed-out' gray tone and the yellow mask is de-saturated.
In my case this also appears to be connected with the 'sticky' color
picker module.
I do appreciate that keeping the color module active is very useful
while making image adjustments but it is a nuisance having to turn off
this picker in order to have other functions work correctly.
git-version/manjaro-arch/xfce
David
On 2022-02-05 04:56, Alex Delaforce wrote:
Hi All,
I just found a behaviour which may be logical but possibly confusing for a
user, particularly a less experienced user.
In the darkroom module, when the color picker sampler is selected and color
picker module is either left with its display panel open or closed,
attempting to draw a mask (or show an existing mask's outline) in a
darkroom module is not possible (the yellow mask view does work). The
correct mask tip appears at the top of the screen, but using the mouse on
the image will only draw the sample as per the color picker (point or area).
Returning to the color picker and deselecting the color sample tool resets
the ability to draw a mask. Also going to another image and returning to
the original image also resets the behaviour.
While returning to the color picker and turning off the sampler is logical
to do, if a user has the sampler selected and then does a few edits without
using masks, when they come to the mask tools later during the editing
process they will be faced with a tool that does not function. The
geometry of masks cannot be changed while the picker is active, though the
adjustments work fine, as you would expect.
I'm happy to be corrected or informed but would having the color picker
sampler reset when masking is activated by selecting a mask tool be more
intuitive than the current bahaviour? I understand that the picker needs to
stay activated during adjustments - as that's sort of what it is for.
Just a thought from a dt fan.
dt 3.8.0
linux - EndeavourOS
I looked on the bugfix pages (though the above isn't a bug) and could see
significant work happening under #9835 but this was closed prior to 3.8
Regards and stay well
Alex
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