Hi, Tom Lechner <lechner@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I desperately want a tool that can stretch a selection or layer in a > curvy sort of way on the main window, because I frequently want to > place images inside of other images in such a way that the > scale/rotate/perspective tools are not sufficient, nor are the curve > bend or image warp plugins. Speaking of the rotate/etc tools, when > shifting around, the thing is shifted as an opaque thing, rather than > with its actual transparency, which is very irritating (i've only used > the Gimp up to 2.2.11, maybe its different later?). That's a limitation of the current preview code. There's a already bug report for it but currently noone is working on this. > So then, what is the easiest way to add a kind of transform tool > that stretches the current selection based on a cubic tensor product > patch? I read a post somewhere in the archives that said it was > mostly "easy" to add new tools. So what does "easy" entail? I've > only spent an hour or two less'ing the gimp source, so I'm still not > too sure yet what's what. Have a look at the implementation of the existing transform tools. That should give you an idea how to add a new one. I am not sure though if your proposed tool will fit easily into the existing transform tool framework. Sven _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
