On 1/17/07, Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi! So I was asked to suggest new features on the mailing-list and only file bug report after they have been discussed there ... and it seems theres a misunderstanding to be resolved and i wouldn't mind more exposure for this ... :) My proposal is about an alternative to using either layers or saved selections to draw on areas of an image with sharp edges between them. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=80388 Shows a typical case, ignoring the background we have two such areas: body and hand. Drawing zones are about dividing the image into 2 or more (non-overlapping) regions. These zones would be a bit like multiple selections. If you start drawing in one zone, you can't draw over another zone without releasing the mouse-button / lifting the pen (same effect as drawing outside of the current selection). Such a feature would remove the need for using layers and moving between them or constantly changing selections in cases where adjacent areas need sharp edges between them. Using layers would mean constant switching between them. Same for selections. Long mouse-ways in both cases. Zones, once setup could be left active for long durations. This has nothing to do with split-views, Sven, as the image is shown the same way, not in parts. You would just need marching ants or similar for the zone extents and the ability to hide them. If it's still unclear, I'll provide graphical explanation. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397237
This would be wonderfully useful to me for CGing. You would need to be able to define zones per-layer - It would only greatly reduce the need for layers, not obviate them completely, for example when I'm making an alternate coloration or remake of something, I like to paste it over the original as a new layer, and use the enter key to toggle it's visibility. I think you would have to use saved selections rather than layers, to avoid the strange 'sibling-effects-sibling' behaviour (ie one layer is real, other is zonemasks, but they're both in the same list). If you specified a rule such as 'zonemasks are always the layer immediately above the layer they apply to, if the layer has zonemasks at all' you could probably manage layer based zonemasks (of course they're better cause they can be in color.)
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