Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-28 Thread David Herman
On Thursday 28 July 2005 12:30 am, Martin Vollrathson wrote: > David Herman wrote: > > I'm curious where you found that info. I have a problem w/ gimp > > and my wacom driver but can't really describe what the problem > > is. perhaps turning off "RawFilter" might help in my situation > > as well. >

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-28 Thread Martin Vollrathson
David Herman wrote: I'm curious where you found that info. I have a problem w/ gimp and my wacom driver but can't really describe what the problem is. perhaps turning off "RawFilter" might help in my situation as well. Running "xsetwacom list param" shows: RawFilter - Enables and disables filt

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-27 Thread David Herman
On Wednesday 27 July 2005 4:47 pm, Martin Vollrathson wrote: > Sven Neumann wrote: > >>Ok, so at least the GIMP is supposed to use the precision > >> coordinates from the tablet? That's all I expect and desire. > > > > As long as the tablet is configured as an extended input > > device, shows up in

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-27 Thread Martin Vollrathson
Sven Neumann wrote: Ok, so at least the GIMP is supposed to use the precision coordinates from the tablet? That's all I expect and desire. As long as the tablet is configured as an extended input device, shows up in the input device configuration dialog and is enabled there. Yup, I can see th

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-27 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Martin Vollrathson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, so at least the GIMP is supposed to use the precision coordinates > from the tablet? That's all I expect and desire. As long as the tablet is configured as an extended input device, shows up in the input device configuration dialog and is

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-27 Thread Martin Vollrathson
michael chang wrote: Are you running Windows or Linux? What's "Windows"? :-) No, I'm using Linux and X.org X11 version 6.8.2. Still trying to figure out what the linuxwacom driver is actually sending to GIMP. The wacdump tool shows everyhthing as it's supposed to be but the xidump tool does

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-27 Thread michael chang
On 7/27/05, Martin Vollrathson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sven Neumann wrote: > > If you are using a tablet, the tablet should deliver higher precision > > coordinates. But is that actually the case? Are you really using your > > tablet as extended input device or is it only delivering core point

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-27 Thread Martin Vollrathson
Sven Neumann wrote: If you are using a tablet, the tablet should deliver higher precision coordinates. But is that actually the case? Are you really using your tablet as extended input device or is it only delivering core pointer events for some reason? Ok, so at least the GIMP is supposed to u

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-27 Thread Sven Neumann
Him Martin Vollrathson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sven Neumann wrote: >> Are you using the pencil tool perhaps? The one and only purpose of the >> pencil tool is to have a hard edge aligned with the pixel grid. > > No, I'm using the brush tool. And there are no hard edges. The brush > just see

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-26 Thread Martin Vollrathson
Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: There are no places on the image to store the information you want. An image is made out of pixels - what is freferred as sub-pixels is the ability to fill a pixel partially - not of subdividing a single pixel into more than one shade of gray. Darw with the p

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-26 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 10:20, Martin Vollrathson wrote: > Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: > > Given this picture, I do not see how it could be physically any > > different from what you presented us - tehre simply are not more > > pixels on that image. > > No, that's right, there are no more pi

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-26 Thread Martin Vollrathson
Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris wrote: Given this picture, I do not see how it could be physically any different from what you presented us - tehre simply are not more pixels on that image. No, that's right, there are no more pixels. But that's exactly the point. With the very high resolution of

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-26 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris
On Tuesday 26 July 2005 06:59, Martin Vollrathson wrote: > Sven Neumann wrote: > > Are you using the pencil tool perhaps? The one and only purpose > > of the pencil tool is to have a hard edge aligned with the pixel > > grid. > > No, I'm using the brush tool. And there are no hard edges. The > brus

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-26 Thread Martin Vollrathson
Martin Vollrathson wrote: There's a screenshot of a "jagged" curve in a GIMP window. As you can see, the lines are unnaturally straight. There's no way I could draw that straight if the brush was locking itself to the pixel grid, considering that the tablet has a 2000 or so DPI resolution. Co

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-26 Thread Martin Vollrathson
Sven Neumann wrote: Are you using the pencil tool perhaps? The one and only purpose of the pencil tool is to have a hard edge aligned with the pixel grid. No, I'm using the brush tool. And there are no hard edges. The brush just seems to align with the pixel grid anyway. http://mavos.net/dum

Re: [Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-25 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Martin Vollrathson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a slight problem with using my new Wacom Volito tablet in > GIMP. Everything works just fine except for one detail. It seems > impossible do draw a smooth line. I was under the impression that GIMP > would paint at a sub-pixel level beca

[Gimp-user] Tablets and sub-pixel sampling

2005-07-25 Thread Martin Vollrathson
I have a slight problem with using my new Wacom Volito tablet in GIMP. Everything works just fine except for one detail. It seems impossible do draw a smooth line. I was under the impression that GIMP would paint at a sub-pixel level because of the tablets high resolution but the brush always a