Have you tried using the alignment tool? You're basically describing the needs it was created to address.
-- Bill On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 8:07 AM, Srihari Sriraman <[email protected]>wrote: > Here's one thing that I've long wanted: > * > * > *Relative Layer Positioning > * > I'm unsure about the name for such a thing, what I had in mind is: > > - Often, I don't care much about exact positioning of a layer in the > canvas. > - I care more about where it lies with respect to another layer. > - I care that one line of text is on the same level as another. > - I would like one ellipse exactly at the same level as another. > - I want to align all the elements of the footer in my poster. > - I want to decide whether this layer I want to move should be > horizontally aligned or vertically aligned with the adjacent layer. > > I'm sure I could think of a few other use cases, but this I think is > roughly it. > The feature is quite evidently not new. We've all used it in many apps. > > I just thought I'd put my need out there. > > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:26 PM, peter sikking <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: >> >> > On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 4:09 PM, peter sikking wrote: >> > >> >> meanwhile, I am looking for a new small design project >> >> to put before my students in a months time. any ideas. >> > >> > It seems that folks who create textures for 3D projects really want us >> > to build advanced features on top of the new save/export model. >> > >> > One such feature is mentioned in the GSoC2013 page: being able to >> > export/overwrite from sets of layers. >> >> >> it would not be bad if some more ideas popped up. >> >> thanks, >> >> --ps >> >> founder + principal interaction architect >> man + machine interface works >> >> http://blog.mmiworks.net: on interaction architecture >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gimp-developer-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list >> > > > > -- > Srihari Sriraman > > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > >
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