Hi, "Stephen J Baker" <sjbaker@xxxxxxxx> writes: > * In what form can a plugin access the GIMP image? (eg Are > layers pre-composited?) you can only access layers individually through the plug-in API. The layer can then be accessed as a drawable, see http://sven.gimp.org/1.2/docs/libgimp/libgimp-gimpdrawable.html > * Can we really drive the mouse coordinate within the > GIMP core from inside a plugin? No. Only tools have access to the mouse and there is no framework for pluggable tools (yet). > * If not, how hard would it be to make a plugin do basic > airbrush/clone/pencil/brush functionality from coordinates > stored in shared memory? you can call the Gimp's tools through the PDB, see http://sven.gimp.org/1.2/docs/libgimp/libgimp-gimptools.html > What is your expert take on this? Is it possible? I suggest you take a look at the Texture Paint plug-in which does something similar to what you have in mind, see http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?id=405 Salut, Sven
