[Gimp-developer] Enhancement request - Use alpha channel for non-transparent information

2008-07-20 Thread Snake Arsenic
Okay I made a feature request at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543810 but it's missing a solution that will not remove any functionality. Martin mentioned something about supporting auxiliary channels in RGB mode and I'm not sure what that means so if anyone could help me out on

Re: [Gimp-developer] Enhancement request - Use alpha channel for non-transparent information

2008-07-20 Thread Raphaël Quinet
On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:22:11 +1000, Snake Arsenic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay I made a feature request at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543810 but it's missing a solution that will not remove any functionality. [...] I think that it would be a big mistake to use the alpha

Re: [Gimp-developer] Enhancement request - Use alpha channel for non-transparent information

2008-07-20 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
On Sunday 20 July 2008, Raphaël Quinet wrote: On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:22:11 +1000, Snake Arsenic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay I made a feature request at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543810 but it's missing a solution that will not remove any functionality. [...] Hi! Going

Re: [Gimp-developer] Enhancement request - Use alpha channel for non-transparent information

2008-07-20 Thread Snake Arsenic
That sounds really good Joao, I was thinking of a use layer as alpha overriding option for the TGA save dialog(which eliminates the layer being used in the final image other than to serve as the alpha channel, of course). I'm also thinking of an extract alpha to layer option in a menu such as