Re: [Gimp-user] Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click.

2005-04-13 Thread David Marrs
Steve Stavropoulos wrote: Having something like that in the right click I wouldn't think is very practical. A previous reply to your post made that very clear. Indeed, I hadn't even considered that some people don't have right mouse buttons. I can't really argue against any of the points against

[Gimp-user] Alpha Channel Continuing (Re:)

2005-04-13 Thread cedric
I've mistaken i my laste question sorry. I thought Alpha Channel was that of a layer because i tried to add a mask to the background layer. But it does in fact display the transparency for the whole image very well. No trouble so. Somebody tells me if i'm wrong. Thanks for everything. Cedric _

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click.

2005-04-13 Thread Karine Delvare
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 19:29:37 +0100 David Marrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a general rule of thumb, users expect to be able to extend the use of > a tool/app/whatever on right-click anyway. This is simply a continuation > of that process. I don't really see why it should cause problems for >

Re: [Gimp-user] Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click.

2005-04-13 Thread Michael Schumacher
Alan Horkan wrote: > On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, David Marrs wrote: > > >>Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:09:28 +0100 >>From: David Marrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu >>Subject: [Gimp-user] Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click. >> >>I posted this to the c.g.a.gimp group i

[Gimp-user] Alpha Channel Continuing.

2005-04-13 Thread cedric
OK. Understood. But i think something is quite strange (it's UI, only). Alpha Channel is displayed in the upper part of the window. I thought this part was made for permanent informations (such as primary channels), but it seems that the alpha is dealing only with the active layer. Does anybody hav

Re: [Gimp-user] Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click.

2005-04-13 Thread Steve Stavropoulos
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, David Marrs wrote: > It once again occured to me after recently discovering the stroke/fill > option that there are many commonly used operations associated with > tools that are difficult for users to find. Drawing shapes is a good > example of this. GIMP - it has to be sa

Re: [Gimp-user] Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click.

2005-04-13 Thread Alan Horkan
On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, David Marrs wrote: > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:09:28 +0100 > From: David Marrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > Subject: [Gimp-user] Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click. > > I posted this to the c.g.a.gimp group initially but was told that

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click.

2005-04-13 Thread David Marrs
Olivier Ripoll wrote: You can specify inthe preferences that the toolbox must be "on top". This way, you always have it available... Try as I might, I cannot find this option! Not everyone is using the menubar (it is optional, see the prefences): I do not. I find it unpractical since I very often

[Gimp-user] Re: Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click.

2005-04-13 Thread Olivier Ripoll
David Marrs wrote: I posted this to the c.g.a.gimp group initially but was told that this might be a better place for it. I wanted to discuss it before submitting it as a feature requeset to bugzilla. That way other users of the GIMP can bring their ideas to it (like, whether or not they like it

Re: [Gimp-user] Alpha Channel

2005-04-13 Thread David Marrs
Jeffrey Brent McBeth wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 03:57:56PM +0100, David Marrs wrote: cedric wrote: I wonder why, when Opening or creating a document, there are only 3 color channel and then, when creatin a layer, the alpha is coming. What this stand for ? Cedric The bottom layer

Re: [Gimp-user] Alpha Channel

2005-04-13 Thread Jeffrey Brent McBeth
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 03:57:56PM +0100, David Marrs wrote: > cedric wrote: > > >I wonder why, when Opening or creating a document, there are only 3 > >color channel and then, when creatin a layer, the alpha is coming. What > >this stand for ? > > > >Cedric > > > > > The bottom layer cannot be t

[Gimp-user] Feature Request: Open toolbox on right click.

2005-04-13 Thread David Marrs
I posted this to the c.g.a.gimp group initially but was told that this might be a better place for it. I wanted to discuss it before submitting it as a feature requeset to bugzilla. That way other users of the GIMP can bring their ideas to it (like, whether or not they like it!) and I can make

Re: [Gimp-user] Alpha Channel

2005-04-13 Thread David Marrs
cedric wrote: I wonder why, when Opening or creating a document, there are only 3 color channel and then, when creatin a layer, the alpha is coming. What this stand for ? Cedric The bottom layer cannot be transparent, as far as I'm aware, so it does not have an alpha channel associated with it.

[Gimp-user] Re: Image substraction available?

2005-04-13 Thread Olivier Ripoll
Peter Nabbefeld wrote: Hello, is it possible to substract one image from another? Probably setting all identical pixels to transparent? Kind regards Peter Nabbefeld There is a "difference" mode very useful for that. I am not sure it will give you a transparent pixel for 0, I think it is giving a