I just saw an article in comp.graphics.apps.gimp (in the thread with
the subject "White balance tool?") that starts describing a method
with these words: "use the color picker on the 'white' color,
duplicate the background layer, delete the original, add a layer..."
I had to read that twice to
[about not making background special wrt alpha]
What do you think?
YES please. this is simply annoying.
I would even go as far as removing the "Add Alpha Channel" option from
the menus, and suggest that the prefered method to add transparency to
an image that has
...
It should be easy add an alpha channel to the background layer as soon
as a second layer is added to the image. Is there a reason why this
should not be done automatically?
I think that it would make things easier to understand for the user.
Making the background layer "special" is
On Tue, 16 May 2000, David Necas wrote:
Making the background layer "special" is not very intuitive.
...
What do you think?
NO, please.
snip
The only good solution is probably to make `Add Alpha Channel' more
intuitive. The user should _see_ the background layer is
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Jens Lautenbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raphael Quinet) writes:
I would even go as far as removing the "Add Alpha Channel" option from
the menus, and suggest that the prefered method to add transparency to
an image that has only one layer is to
May I make a humble suggestion.
Change File-New to allow users to select a Fill Type of either
Background w/o alpha
Background w/ alpha
Then users can select what they want to begin with. Flatten and Add Alpha
Channel can still exist as is in the Layers menu. No automatic
behind-the-scenes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raphael Quinet) writes:
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Jens Lautenbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would say, simply make a layer by default have alpha always... I
know I know it's more memory for that 0.001 % of cases where people
start with one background layer and stick to
On Tue, 16 May 2000, Jens Lautenbacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raphael Quinet) writes:
I still haven't found a good reason to keep the background layer
"special" when the image contains multiple layers. If the only
reasons are historical or to copy the features of some
Hi,
I was wondering whether the following is a bug that needs fixing before 1.2 (i
thought i'd check here first before adding to the bug list).
When you first select the zoom tool, it is not possible to toggle zoom in/zoom
out by pressing/releasing Ctrl. This shortcut only works after the zoom
On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 10:05:04PM +0200, Marc Lehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, May 14, 2000 at 06:55:22AM -0700, Michael Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've been trying to get the following script to work...
Try to rwrite it using the newer network-api (i.e. like this):
sub net
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 05:42:54PM +0200, David Necas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
NO, please.
`Special' background layer maybe isn't very intuitive, but automatical
promoting has the same problem: it's based on a side-effect and it's not
gimp automatically promotes layers on a variety of
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