[Gimp-user] Why so COMPLICATED?

2013-12-20 Thread SirCrow
It looks like FotoTouch was a stand alone executable for Windows 3.1 and compatible systems. I could not find a copy, else I would have fired it up under WINE to see what it does. Alas, another free as in beer program, derelict and unmaintainable, sinks beneath the waves... Wow, a whole lot to

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp interface sucks

2013-12-20 Thread Steve Kinney
On 12/19/2013 08:22 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote: On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Steve Kinney wrote: To change the brush size during tablet use, it should be possible to set up any unassigned keyboard shortcut to do the same thing in whatever size steps suit the user's needs. Caveat: I

Re: [Gimp-user] Why so COMPLICATED?

2013-12-20 Thread Steve Kinney
On 12/19/2013 10:43 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: Paste Promote floating selection to layer expand layer to image size add a layer mask (with a copy from the layer alpha channel) apply gaussian blur on the mask apply levels on the mask (*) merge pasted-layer down That sounds like something

Re: [Gimp-user] Why so COMPLICATED?

2013-12-20 Thread Steve Kinney
On 12/20/2013 03:03 AM, SirCrow wrote: It looks like FotoTouch was a stand alone executable for Windows 3.1 and compatible systems. I could not find a copy, else I would have fired it up under WINE to see what it does. Alas, another free as in beer program, derelict and unmaintainable, sinks

Re: [Gimp-user] Why so COMPLICATED?

2013-12-20 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
On 20 December 2013 06:23, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 12/19/2013 10:43 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: Paste Promote floating selection to layer expand layer to image size add a layer mask (with a copy from the layer alpha channel) apply gaussian blur on the mask apply levels

Re: [Gimp-user] Why so COMPLICATED?

2013-12-20 Thread Steve Kinney
On 12/20/2013 06:14 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: On 20 December 2013 06:23, Steve Kinney ad...@pilobilus.net wrote: On 12/19/2013 10:43 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote: Paste Promote floating selection to layer expand layer to image size add a layer mask (with a copy from the layer alpha channel)

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp interface sucks

2013-12-20 Thread Richard
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:50:23 -0500 From: ad...@pilobilus.net To: gimp-user-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp interface sucks Now for the feature in question... Krita has a simple on-canvas way to edit brush size. AFAIK, it's Ctrl+LMB+drag. It's a fairly reasonable

Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp interface sucks

2013-12-20 Thread Simon Budig
Richard (strata_ran...@hotmail.com) wrote: Edit Preferences Input Controllers. Picture worth thousand words: http://pilobilus.net/img/mouse-scale-brush.jpg That's indeed awesome, however, various OS's (like Windows) trap the Alt key for menubar activation Note that the preferences