Re: [Gimp-developer] Background color property for GIMP images

2009-04-28 Thread David Gowers
Hi saulgoode, On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM, saulgo...@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com wrote: Quoting David Gowers 00a...@gmail.com: The eraser currently does change color values, in the case of layers without alpha (it's like using paintbrush or pencil with the background color). Yahvuu's

Re: [Gimp-developer] Background color property for GIMP images

2009-04-28 Thread yahvuu
Hi, Sparr schrieb: I just want to point out that PNG supports a background color (and the GIMP plugin to save PNG offers an option to save the current brush background color as the image background color), and being the only format to do so we should probably consider its specified functions

Re: [Gimp-developer] Background color property for GIMP images

2009-04-28 Thread saulgoode
Quoting David Gowers 00a...@gmail.com: The eraser currently does change color values, in the case of layers without alpha (it's like using paintbrush or pencil with the background color). Yahvuu's proposition would make sure it never changed color values because there would be no layers

Re: [Gimp-developer] Background color property for GIMP images

2009-04-28 Thread yahvuu
Hi, David Gowers schrieb: Hi saulgoode, On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:29 PM, saulgo...@flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com wrote: If a PNG is loaded as a layer, should the image background color be updated to the PNG file's background color? or should it remain what it was originally? If a JPEG is

Re: [Gimp-developer] Background color property for GIMP images

2009-04-28 Thread yahvuu
Hi, David Gowers schrieb: Yahvuu's proposition is essentially a) have a 'virtual layer' always at the bottom of the stack, filled with a color and b) make all layers have an alpha channel Nothing more. Yep. Just in case this rooted a misunderstanding, i'd like to add that the eraser is

Re: [Gimp-developer] The old bugs in merging modes are fixed now?

2009-04-28 Thread Alchemie foto\grafiche
Thank for clearing I also searched the bugzilla report for overlay mode but i could not find it anymore But instead i find a interesting proposal of Jao O Buono that, i believe risk to be forgotten because posted in a no so strictly related topic (here

Re: [Gimp-developer] The old bugs in merging modes are fixed now?

2009-04-28 Thread Martin Nordholts
yahvuu wrote: Hi all, Alchemie foto\grafiche schrieb: The possibility to add CUSTOM layer modes [..] that sounds interesting. Just curious: i wonder how custom layer modes differ from filters that take a second layer as input (e.g. LIC)? i mean, other than that filters currently

Re: [Gimp-developer] The old bugs in merging modes are fixed now?

2009-04-28 Thread David Gowers
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 4:10 AM, Martin Nordholts ense...@gmail.com wrote: yahvuu wrote: Hi all, Alchemie foto\grafiche schrieb: The possibility to add CUSTOM layer modes [..] that sounds interesting. Just curious: i wonder how custom layer modes differ from filters that take a second

Re: [Gimp-developer] The old bugs in merging modes are fixed now?

2009-04-28 Thread Alchemie foto\grafiche
Spontaneously I don't think custom layer modes is a good idea. Might be fun for programmers to play with, but graphic professionals? HTH, Martin Actually Graphic professional do complain ,but for missed option: for the absence in Gimp of modes they learned to use in Photoshop as