I'll have to look at it. It doesn't quite look like what I have in mind. I'm thinking there needs to be a new layer type created, which isn't just a regular layer, but is a modifier layer. That modifier layer can receive parameters where things from other layers can be linked into it, and then acted upon by operations, such as you link a rectangle from layer A, rotate it 90 degrees, decrease its scale by 30%, and move it to these X,Y coordinates. And then any time content from that rectangle in layer A changes, those changes are reflected in the modifier layer through the operations.
In that way, modifier layers perform operations to derive content for display on their layer, or possibly to publish the content they modify onto another layer. It basically creates a worker layer that performs operations on content without actually baking them into the bits, but rather generating them from source bits through operations, and then using the generated portion, but in a way that by altering the operation stack, or changing the original source bit data, the changes push through to everywhere they are referenced. A whole set of features could be added to the modifier layer, not the least of which is the array modifier I mention. But every operation we have today could be added, and they could be performed in a stack upon that original content source from another layer, or from a selected portion from another layer. Best regards, Rick C. Hodgin On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 4:55 AM, Ofnuts <ofn...@gmx.com> wrote: > On 30/12/16 02:02, Rick C. Hodgin wrote: > >> GIMP needs to add a feature which allows an area to be selected and copied >> into a new layer, and then that area is replicated onto other layers (or >> multiple times into another single layer), such that when changes are made >> to the originating layer, those changes are reflected everywhere. >> >> In Blender, this is known as an array modifier: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mNUHOkKQcY >> >> GIMP needs a feature like this which can exist in modifier form, or be >> "baked" into the image with the modifier being applied. >> >> Best regards, >> Rick C. Hodgin >> > > Maybe what you need is interleave-layers: http://gimp-tools.sourceforge. > net/animationtools.shtml > > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-user-list mailing list > List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
