Re: [Gimp-developer] We should go for a single-window mode in 2.8

2009-09-18 Thread peter sikking
hey guys, I have now blogged about the single-window mode: enjoy, --ps founder + principal interaction architect man + machine interface works http://mmiworks.net/blog : on interaction ar

Re: [Gimp-developer] A new

2009-09-18 Thread Gerald Friedland
Hi Alex, Background extraction IS indeed tricky. First, different pictures require different tools. Everything where the foreground color is essentially one color, such as drawings will work best with a tool like Magic Wand. The foreground extraction Jenny was improving is intended to be used on

Re: [Gimp-developer] A new

2009-09-18 Thread SorinN
But probably - if we can try to identify some generic use cases and then to identify a sum of possible techniques / technologies to solve those different cases, we can put a base for a future meta tool. GIMP has already some useful tools such as color to alpha, and color erase (for brushes), also

Re: [Gimp-developer] A new

2009-09-18 Thread Gerald Friedland
Hi, That's a great idea. The idea would be to have only on foreground selection tool and make it automatically determine whether to use Magic Wand or SIOX (btw.: not spelled like the native American tribe). This shouldn't be very hard since Magic Wand's user interaction is a subset of SIOX user in