paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi, let me introduce myself. My staff artist and I are in the early stages > of a book on web design with free software, including the GIMP. Anyway, we > started working with GIMP 1.1 because the book is going to have to be about > GIMP 1.2. > > Olivia was angry that the "opacity" slider was missing from the Bucket Fill > dialog box -- she likes it because, coming from a watercolor background, she > likes to create a canvas of colors on a canvas and use bucket fill to adjust > spots of color until they look just like what she wants. > > Anyway, I looked at the GIMP 1.1 and GIMP 1.0 source and it looks, > superficially, that the code for doing bucket fills with variable opacity > still exists (at least there is still an opacity option for bucket fills in > the procedural database.) Anyhow, I think I can make Olivia happy by just > adding a slider to the bucket fill dialog. > > So, am I right about this, or am I missing something? If I send in a patch > to add the slider to the dialog box, will you merge it into the tree? Please > direct a copy of your reply to me because I'm not a regular subscriber to the > gimp-developer list. Hi Paul, just deactivate the "Use Global Paint Options" button in the preferences dialog's "Interface->Tool Options" page. Otherwise the opacity as set in the brushes dialog will be used. ciao, --Mitch
