On Sat, Sep 25, 2004 at 09:26:12PM +0200, Simon Budig wrote: > Carol Spears (carol@xxxxxxxx) wrote: > > well, due to the many concerns about how i made these images, there is > > now a whole series of pngs/xcfs in this same directory, ending with: > > http://carol.gimp.org/files/stroke4.png where the same selection is used > > in all three gimp versions. > > > > the selection has been saved in: > > http://carol.gimp.org/files/stroke4.xcf and simon has made certain that > > i did not use (even accidentally) different brushes. > > Actually I tried to explain to carol that the in some 2.0 version the > brush used for stroking is not always the same that is selected in the > brush dialog. Looking at stroke4.png does not convince me that carol > really used the brush the thought was using (I think it is bug #150716). > > > simon and mitch are right now discussing changes to the paintcore which > > might have affected this. anyone can read this discussion here: > > http://carol.gimp.org/gallery/journal/gimp-2004-09-25.txt > having been a user of gimp for several years and several versions, i have a few habits "hardcoded" into my work flow. for these examples, i actually opened the stroke dialog, closed the stroke dialog, chose the brush from the brush dialog and then reopened the stroke dialog, just to be certain. meaning, i did not even rely on the dialog noticing that i had changed the brush. i was quite careful to choose the 7px fuzzy brush also, as i wanted to compare the "custom stroking" from the top of the dialog with the brush stroking at the bottom. i understood that choosing a fuzzy 7 px brush was not going to look the same; however, i tried to make it as consistant as possible so i would not waste the time of these valuable volunteers that work on gimp. if you have any further questions about the method i used to tell this dialog which brush to use, i will be more than happy to answer them. thank you carol
