Re: [Gimp-gui] User Testing Report

2019-05-13 Thread Elle Stone
On 05/12/2019 04:33 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-gui-list wrote: On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 3:45 PM Elle Stone wrote: Could you give an example or two in GIMP of what you consider "overly complicated/nerdy" terminology? Standard Deviation in Unsharp Mask would be one such exam

Re: [Gimp-gui] User Testing Report

2019-05-12 Thread Elle Stone
On 05/12/2019 04:33 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-gui-list wrote: On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 3:45 PM Elle Stone wrote: GIMP's current user interface is the *least* important problem when it comes to actual usability. Adding still-missing critical functionalities is hugely more important than

Re: [Gimp-gui] User Testing Report

2019-05-12 Thread Elle Stone
On 05/10/2019 08:21 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-gui-list wrote: Maybe a more interesting user testing with beginners should be done like this: they first follow a short introduction/lesson to common and limited set of features with examples of usage. Then they are asked to do a given task

Re: [Gimp-gui] [GIMP Gui] User Interface Consistency

2019-04-26 Thread Elle Stone
Hi Vikash, I agree with everything Jehan said in his response to your email, but wanted to add some comments and ask a couple of questions: On 04/18/2019 02:51 PM, VIKASH SINGH via gimp-gui-list wrote: Hi All, I am UI/UX Designer and I am interested to discuss some experience... This

Re: [Gimp-gui] Auto-generated tags for brushes

2018-06-03 Thread Elle Stone
On 06/03/2018 02:47 AM, Michal Vašut wrote: It would ve nice to specify those (or asset specific) metadata also for another assets (plugins, gradients, fonts, ...). I hope devs are planing to make some asset manager and now is the time (or will be after stabilizing 2.10) to do so. Hi Michal

Re: [Gimp-gui] Auto-generated tags for brushes

2018-06-02 Thread Elle Stone
FWIW, I filed a bug report on this topic: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/issues/1553 On 06/01/2018 02:06 PM, Elle Stone wrote: It would be nice if GIMP brush metadata could hold the author/copyright/source url/other? information for each brush. It would be really nice if certain tags

[Gimp-gui] Auto-generated tags for brushes

2018-06-01 Thread Elle Stone
Hi All, It would be nice if GIMP brush metadata could hold the author/copyright/source url/other? information for each brush. It would be really nice if certain tags for brushes could be generated automatically, including: 1. Type of brush - gih, vbr, or gbr (also abr? these are handled

Re: [Gimp-gui] gimp git master branch user interface

2018-05-21 Thread Elle Stone
On 05/20/2018 11:49 PM, Jehan wrote: Hi! On 2018-05-21 04:12, Elle Stone wrote: 1. Right now every time I move the mouse over the toolbox in Multi-Window Mode the toolbox text gets brighter (or darker if I'm using the "dark" option), and the toolbox background gets darker (or ligh

[Gimp-gui] gimp git master branch user interface

2018-05-20 Thread Elle Stone
Hi All, Is this the right place to ask about the user interface for gimp git master, now that the gtk3-port has been merged to git master? Best, Elle ___ gimp-gui-list mailing list gimp-gui-list@gnome.org

Re: [Gimp-gui] Suggestion to add an option for colour picker (which picks from image) in colour dialog box.

2018-03-11 Thread Elle Stone
On 03/11/2018 01:04 AM, Justus Rajan wrote: I seem to have solved the issue by turning off the colour profile applied by the system itself. (Ubuntu -> Settings -> Devices -> Color) Now I can pick the right colour with the colour picker tool from the colour dialog box. Sorry about raising this

Re: [Gimp-gui] Suggestion to add an option for colour picker (which picks from image) in colour dialog box.

2018-02-27 Thread Elle Stone
On 02/27/2018 12:25 PM, Michal Vašut wrote: I cannot reproduce it either - if I pick the color from outside of the canvas, and then fill the canvas with bucket tool, there is no transition (those 2 are the same). But there is definitely some problem with picking the color outside of Gimp window

Re: [Gimp-gui] Possible places to save vertical space in Single (and Multiple) Window Mode

2017-12-30 Thread Elle Stone
On 12/30/2017 11:25 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: Wait, but I was referring to scrollbars, not rulers:) Ah, yes, you were :) I was using the scrollbars to move around the image when zoomed in. But experimenting, the wacom tablet works well for that, by clicking on a button on the stylus.

Re: [Gimp-gui] Possible places to save vertical space in Single (and Multiple) Window Mode

2017-12-30 Thread Elle Stone
On 12/30/2017 12:00 AM, Liam R E Quin wrote: what about collapsing groups for related sliders etc? E.g. i shouldn't have to scroll down in the box to change the dodge tool from highlights to shadows (which i do often) or to add/remove jitter from painting. Or maybe i should, i'd rathern't.

Re: [Gimp-gui] Possible places to save vertical space in Single (and Multiple) Window Mode

2017-12-30 Thread Elle Stone
On 12/29/2017 09:53 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:18 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: In general, I completely agree that things could be tidier, I just don't think vertical padding between elements is our main enemy here :) Just to illustrate my point with a quick

Re: [Gimp-gui] Possible places to save vertical space in Single (and Multiple) Window Mode

2017-12-30 Thread Elle Stone
On 12/29/2017 09:18 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 6:32 PM, Elle Stone wrote: Hi All, After years of using GIMP in Multiple Window Mode, I'm thinking about switching to Single Window Mode - the "sticking point" is not enough vertical space in Single Window

[Gimp-gui] Possible places to save vertical space in Single (and Multiple) Window Mode

2017-12-29 Thread Elle Stone
Hi All, After years of using GIMP in Multiple Window Mode, I'm thinking about switching to Single Window Mode - the "sticking point" is not enough vertical space in Single Window Mode. Here's a screenshot showing several possible places for saving vertical space in Single Window Mode:

Re: [Gimp-gui] Blend tool icons & Color eraser icon

2016-02-16 Thread Elle Stone
On 02/16/2016 12:22 PM, staedtler-przyborski wrote: Just a side note, interestingly all women in my work and in my surrounding who have seen this icon loved it immediately, for them it was also no problem to understand what it stands for. Perhaps it's a matter of how large the icon is relative

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Theme UI now and future.

2016-01-28 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/26/2016 04:21 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:17 PM, Elle Stone wrote: It would be nice if there were a way to set up, keep, and quickly choose from a set of user-established canvas padding colors, independent of choosing a theme or a set of icons

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Theme UI now and future.

2016-01-24 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/24/2016 12:29 PM, Sven Claussner wrote: - A pure white theme would reflect the proper appearance of the image printed on white paper. So should the whitest theme be even whitest? ("pure white" #FF even?) Elle's e-mail from 23.01.2016, 5:29 PM describes it best. As Elle points

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Theme UI now and future.

2016-01-23 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/22/2016 09:30 AM, Jehan wrote: On 2016-01-22 13:25, Sven Claussner wrote: - Pippin recommended 'the darker the better', because it supports the image's proper color perception best. As Pippin notes, the background colors surrounding an image on a monitor makes a big difference in how

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Theme UI now and future.

2016-01-23 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/22/2016 09:30 AM, Jehan wrote: On 2016-01-22 13:25, Sven Claussner wrote: - A pure white theme would reflect the proper appearance of the image printed on white paper. Monitor "pure white" has the absolute colorimetric LAB L value L=100 (#FF). "Print paper white" has an absolute

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Theme UI now and future.

2016-01-22 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/21/2016 04:44 PM, Jehan wrote: Personally I feel like I would likely use "Sea of Grey" or the "Dark" theme. I've been using the Sea of Grey theme and I'm trying out the "Light side of GIMP" theme. For my own preferences in themes, I could definitely also see using the "Dark" theme (but

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Theme UI now and future.

2016-01-01 Thread Elle Stone
On 01/01/2016 12:14 PM, Ben wrote: Elle, Jehan, i've updated the themes to add the separators, fixed some more KDE issues, reduced the focus padding on buttons as an expedient to making the them smaller without having to redo anything (and changed some of the pngs to harmonize all the themes),

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Theme UI now and future.

2015-12-30 Thread Elle Stone
On 12/29/2015 08:57 PM, Akkana Peck wrote: Both the light themes seem quite dark and not very contrasty (with black text and icons) compared to the GIMP I currently see, which has a background color of #dcdad5 rather than the #bdbdbd used in both of the light themes for most icons and menus;

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Theme UI now and future.

2015-12-29 Thread Elle Stone
On 12/29/2015 01:07 PM, Jehan wrote: To add a little more depth to this all, these are the in-progress versions of the new default themes for GIMP. Well at least, there would be a light and a dark version. Now one question is: do we want to release also intermediate greys, which seems to be a

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP Workspaces Concept

2015-11-10 Thread Elle Stone
On 10/16/2015 08:54 AM, Ofnuts wrote: gimp --new-instance --session workspace1 Is a "workspace" how you have the windows arranged? How do you save a workspace in the first place? What is actually saved when you save a workspace, and where? Elle

Re: [Gimp-gui] Make the selected tool default to the Color Picker instead of the last tool used

2015-11-05 Thread Elle Stone
On 11/03/2015 01:07 PM, Jehan wrote: Hi, On 2015-11-03 18:36, Elle Stone wrote: This is a change to the GIMP user interface that I've wanted for a long time. It probably would only benefit people who use the Color Picker a lot. There are so many different type of users, I seriously doubt

Re: [Gimp-gui] Curve-bend plugin as an on-canvas tool

2015-11-02 Thread Elle Stone
On 11/02/2015 10:02 AM, Jehan wrote: Hi, On 2015-11-02 15:02, Elle Stone wrote: On 11/02/2015 07:41 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: 2 нояб. 2015 г. 15:37 пользователь "Elle Stone" написал: > Also, what does "on-canvas" mean? With old plugins, all interaction happe

Re: [Gimp-gui] GIMP shows a thumbnail in taskbar rather than its icon

2015-10-21 Thread Elle Stone
On 10/21/2015 02:08 PM, Jehan wrote: Are there any multi-window mode users here who could tell us if they actually find useful/annoying/neutral to have a generated thumbnail-icon instead of Wilber? I use MWM (well, everyone probably knows that by now :) ). I use IceWM as my "desktop".

Re: [Gimp-gui] Force Toolbox Widgets To Bottom

2015-10-15 Thread Elle Stone
On 10/15/2015 01:29 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On 10/15/15, Elle Stone wrote: Yes, I resize the Toolbox from time to time, and I find the ability to resize the Toolbox very handy, depending on whether I want more room for the image, or more room to read the layer names (I end up