[Gimp-developer] Why the Van Gogh filter is still in gimp?

2010-11-13 Thread photocomix
If something >helps us fulfil our product vision, we will keep it in GIMP 3.0. If it >doesn't, we will remove it. This particularly applies to things that are >part of our plug-in API (like other plug-ins and libgimp* APIs) that we >can't remove after GIMP 3.0 has been released. > / Martin

[Gimp-developer] Suggestion for upcoming transformation tool

2010-11-13 Thread Ofnuts
Just read the specs here: http://gui.gimp.org/index.php/Transformation_tool_specification I like that very much... except this: > Transformation constraints > [...] > from centre > works on scale and shear, toggled by > [...] > centre/corner rotate > works on rotation axis, toggled by

[Gimp-developer] Why the Van Gogh filter is still in gimp?

2010-11-13 Thread photocomix
>The only thing that matters when it comes to deciding what to include >and what not to include in GIMP is our product vision. If something >helps us fulfil our product vision, we will keep it in GIMP 3.0. If it >doesn't, we will remove it. / Martin that for what doesn't fit in the GIMP pr

Re: [Gimp-developer] Why the Van Gogh filter is still in gimp?

2010-11-13 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 11/13/2010 05:48 PM, photocomix wrote: > > >> The only thing that matters when it comes to deciding what to include >> and what not to include in GIMP is our product vision. If something >> helps us fulfil our product vision, we will keep it in GIMP 3.0. If it >> doesn't, we will remove it. /

Re: [Gimp-developer] Why the Van Gogh filter is still in gimp?

2010-11-13 Thread Bill Skaggs
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Martin Nordholts wrote: > You can't know for sure that no one uses this plug-in in some script > somewhere, and if we don't have a good reason to break our plug-in API, > we don't do it. Impatience is not a good reason :) > > Here is a better reason, maybe. It i

Re: [Gimp-developer] Why the Van Gogh filter is still in gimp?

2010-11-13 Thread Ofnuts
On 11/14/2010 01:21 AM, Bill Skaggs wrote: > In my opinion, there are two plug-ins that have this property: the > "Van Gogh" filter (which > has absolutely nothing to do with Van Gogh), and the so-called "NL > Filter". The NL filter is a different matter. The human factors are abysmal. It sh