Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-30 Thread Nathan Lane
Well now that really makes sense -- that might be a good wiki addition. So I believe that this tool is working both as designed and as expected -- antialias does do its job when you fill a selection though. :) And basically it can't do it's job as a rule when you stroke a selection. On Tue, Oct

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-28 Thread David Gowers
On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Ernie Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Budig wrote: Nathan Lane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So why not convert your selection to a path then stroke the path? This is a good work around, and even in my mind now, this makes sense. The stroked path is

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-28 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 17:54 +1030, David Gowers wrote: I can confirm this bug. If you stroke using a tool (eg paintbrush), the result is antialiased, so I don't understand why the vector stroking isn't Simon has actually explained this quite well already. The outline you are

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-27 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 18:14 -0400, Ernie Wright wrote: Does something the user does not expect is the definition of a design flaw It's more like technically it does the right thing, but the user expects a different result. Unfortunately there is often no clear solution for these kind of

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-27 Thread Nathan Lane
So why not convert your selection to a path then stroke the path? This is a good work around, and even in my mind now, this makes sense. The stroked path is antialiased. Nathan On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 18:14 -0400, Ernie

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-27 Thread Simon Budig
Nathan Lane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So why not convert your selection to a path then stroke the path? This is a good work around, and even in my mind now, this makes sense. The stroked path is antialiased. This is a good workaround if you know what you're doing and what effect you're after.

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-27 Thread Ernie Wright
Sven Neumann wrote: On Sun, 2008-10-26 at 18:14 -0400, Ernie Wright wrote: Does something the user does not expect is the definition of a design flaw It's more like technically it does the right thing, but the user expects a different result. Design flaws aren't technical problems,

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-27 Thread Ernie Wright
Simon Budig wrote: Nathan Lane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: So why not convert your selection to a path then stroke the path? This is a good work around, and even in my mind now, this makes sense. The stroked path is antialiased. This is a good workaround if you know what you're doing and

[Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-26 Thread Ernie Wright
I don't get *any* antialiasing when I stroke elliptical selections. Antialiasing is checked in the tool attributes of the Ellipse Select tool. It's also checked in the Choose Stroke Style dialog. Fills antialias just fine. I also get an antialiased line if I convert the selection to a path and

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-26 Thread Simon Budig
Ernie Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I don't get *any* antialiasing when I stroke elliptical selections. Antialiasing is checked in the tool attributes of the Ellipse Select tool. It's also checked in the Choose Stroke Style dialog. Fills antialias just fine. I also get an antialiased

Re: [Gimp-user] stroke selection not antialiased

2008-10-26 Thread Ernie Wright
Simon Budig wrote: Ernie Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I don't get *any* antialiasing when I stroke elliptical selections. You're not doing anything wrong and we know about this effect. Gimp doesn't do anything wrong either, it just does something the user does not expect it to do.