On the other hand, you could go with simply "Transform" as the new name for
Warp.
Larry
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 9:08 AM, Larry Becker <becker.la...@gmail.com>wrote:
> There doesn't seem to me to be a way to improve the current menu wording
> that doesn't introduce additional confusion. The Affine Transform under
> Warp is associated with the Warping toolbox, so moving it somewhere else
> would make discovering that linked functionality difficult.
>
> Larry
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Stefan Steiniger <sst...@geo.uzh.ch>wrote:
>
>> mhm.. I think I need to look into what the different things exactly do,
>> before I can give a comment.
>>
>> stefan
>>
>> Michaël Michaud wrote:
>> > Larry Becker a écrit :
>> >> There is a bit of confusion about these tools. Unless I'm mistaken,
>> >> warping is not the same as affine transform unless the number of
>> >> vectors is between 1 and 3. That is why the Affine Transform under
>> >> warping does not enable unless those conditions are met. Warping uses
>> >> triangulation.
>> > For sure,
>> > In fact, my first idea was exactly the one proposed by Peppe. Then, I
>> > thought
>> > 1) it be may be a bit tricky to include AffineTransform smoothly into
>> > warping panel with constraints on the number of vectors and good
>> explanation
>> > 2) it may be a bit confusing as even with 3 vectors or less, warping do
>> > not give the same result as affine transform
>> > That's why I just proposed to improve AffineTransform to make it usable
>> > even by people who do not know warping tool
>> > At the moment, both tools are in the Warp submenu
>> >> The New Affine Transformation is another way of doing it without the
>> >> need for vectors. So I would say: no it should not go under the Warp
>> >> menu because it does not warp as I understand the term (it is also
>> >> sometimes referred to as rubber-sheeting).
>> > You're certainly right about warp meaning. The quick search I did about
>> > it gave me a french word having a wider meaning (deformer = deforming
>> > ?), but I agree that putting AffineTransform inside "Warp" submenu may
>> > be confusing for english users.
>> > On the other hand, at the moment, there is one AffineTransform is in the
>> > Warp menu and a New Affine Transformation in the editing menu, which, I
>> > think, is even more confusing (hum, in fact I already put the "New
>> > Affine Transform" in the Warp menu)
>> > What do you think about changing the term Warp of the submenu into
>> > another more appropriate word, and include "Warping", "Affine Transform
>> > from vectors", AffineTransform from parameters" into it ?
>> >
>> > Michaël
>> >> best regards,
>> >> Larry
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Giuseppe Aruta
>> >> <giuseppe_ar...@yahoo.it <mailto:giuseppe_ar...@yahoo.it>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi again,
>> >> > Sorry for the previous mail, I finally found
>> >> > AffineTransformationPlugIn
>> >> > in editing menu (I should have read peppe's doc !).
>> >> > I think its place is in the warping menu with the other
>> >> > interactive
>> >> > warping tool. I'll change it if everybody agrees.
>> >>
>> >> that must be an old proposal about it, since last year (somewhere
>> >> in the wikis). I completely agree with you to move this tool into
>> >> the wraping menus.
>> >> One extra proposal. On actual wraping menu one item ("wraping")
>> >> opens the waraping toolbar, the other item ("affine
>> >> transformation") simply runs an affine transformation after all
>> >> parameters (vectors, source and mask layers) are set on the
>> >> wraping toolbar.
>> >> This way makes a bit confusion, I think . I prefer to see the
>> >> "affine trabsformation" item as a button on the wraping toolbar,
>> >> not as an item on the tool menu
>> >>
>> >> Regards
>> >>
>> >> Peppe
>> >>
>> >>
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