sven@xxxxxxxx (2003-09-09 at 2128.34 +0200): > On a related note: In 1.3 we introduced the possibility to initialize > the mask from the layers alpha channel. This is still unfinished since 1.2 has that option too. What I think was added is inverse option and selection and grayscale-copy modes. > it should probably transfer the alpha channel to the mask by making > the layer all opaque. The open question here is if this should be the > default behaviour. It might be confusing since the other ways of > initializing the layer mask don't touch the layer's alpha channel. > Any opinions on this, anyone? I would add option to clean alpha channel. Probably a name like "Discard alpha channel contents afterwards" should be fine (except that you will still have alpha channel :-/ ). "Reset alpha channel afterwards" maybe? GSR
