[Gimp-developer] Re: Re: SOC - brush system
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (2006-05-07 at 1754.05 -0700): New tools? Why not improving the basic brush system (sometimes with artificial limits, see animated brushes workflow or pixmap scaling) and let all tools make use of it? Erase, airbrush and so on... To refresh people's memory, Philip is the person who wrote the code that lets the transform tools preview inside the image, along with a number of other fancy things. He doesn't even really need mentoring -- but if the SoC program could give him enough support to let him devote his summer to GIMP coding, I think that would be a good thing. (It is also compatible with the SoC rules, as long as he is a student.) You refreshed my memory and confused my mind, as I am just pointing that new tools sound silly, when a more general brush system seems the solution. Take ink tool, I think it could have been done by just set the brush tip to react to things like speed and angle, and any tool would benefit, be paint or erase or whatever. So no idea how my phrases could trigger your comment or why you quoted them. ?:-| GSR ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Re: Re: SOC - brush system
GSR - FR wrote: I am just pointing that new tools sound silly, when a more general brush system seems the solution. Take ink tool, I think it could have been done by just set the brush tip to react to things like speed and angle, The ink tool is actually a good example, because it works in a completely different way than any of the Paintbrush tools -- it uses an array of interacting ink blobs, rather than just brush marks. Possibly it could be imitated by making brushes fancier, but the tool you get that way would be completely different from the current ink tool at the algorithm level. But the important point I was trying to make, which I will repeat, is that I think we should encourage Philip to apply without worrying too much at this moment about the exact details of his plans -- there is plenty of time to talk that over later. Also, I only quoted you in order to establish context, and if it sounded bad, that was completely unintentional. -- Bill __ __ __ __ Sent via the CNPRC Email system at primate.ucdavis.edu ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
