On Tue, Dec 17, 2013, at 02:02 PM, wietrzny wrote: > Dnia 17 grudnia 2013 3:50 akovia <[email protected]> napisał(a): > > > As far as new features... > > True path intersections (combine without overlaps) > > Any implementation to select multiple path nodes. > > Option to merge paths to new path while leaving originals untouched. > > (Modifier key) > > Path transformations without having to use path to selection. > > Rotatable guides. > > Why ask for partial solutions instead of definite solution to problems > with paths? > > Dominik Tabisz
I'm not looking for complete inkscape path capabilities, but the features I'd like to see are a little more realistic I think. Gimp is awesome if you are only working with a few paths, but there are times I need to render many text letters for example. I like to do them individually so I can reuse same letters. I can end up with tons of paths. (Add path groups to my wishlist.) So when I have all my paths, I'll inevitably merge them together. Right now it'll discard your original paths and create a new one. If you find a mistake later on or just want to make some alignment changes, you have to do it all manually. So I am left having to duplicate every single path, (sometimes lots of scrolling is involved) and then merge the dupes. This really slows production. When you actually do merge paths or do a text to path with overlapping paths, the selection is in exclusion mode So you can either manually join the paths, (tedious) or never merge them and select each one individually and "add to selection". (tedious and doesn't work with text to path) Maybe a merge dialog is in order. Leave originals: y/n Merge Mode: Union/Exclusion etc.. At the very least, it should default to union and not exclusion. When working with paths there needs to be a way to select multiple nodes. This has been talked about before and really should be inside gimp already and not considered a feature. Erasing nodes should not be an exercise in carpel tunnel and eye strain. Path transformations should default to only transforming the path and not the path as it relates to the canvas. Right now you have to path-to-selection first, and then you have the marching ants you have to turn off is you want a fine sight adjustment. If you need to adjust it more or differently, you have to redo path to selection again. It's just too many steps to get into a flow. Swapping the behavior to default to transforming the shape only, and select the canvas to transform the path within the canvas size seems way more intuitive. Lastly, I doubt I'll ever see rotating guides in gimp but it would be fantastic. It looked like it might make it at one point, but it died. http://gimp.1065349.n5.nabble.com/2-4-and-how-to-continue-from-here-td21550.html I think of these things not so much as new features, since you can already do these things in gimp manually, (minus guides) but as improving the functionality that's already there. I realize that code is code whether it's called a feature or not. I just would rather cut out the tedium where possible. It would promote more creativity. akovia -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
