On Saturday 03 June 2006 09:53 am, Simon Budig wrote: > Alan Horkan (horkana@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Jun 2006, Simon Budig wrote: > > > That sounds as if you don't clear the layer before you use it > > > for the first time. Layers created from a Plugin are not > > > initialized from the very beginning. They need to be cleared > > > using e.g. gimp_drawable_fill. > > > > I remember getting caught out by this too. Why is necessary to > > manually clear a new layer rather than have it done > > automatically? > > I have no strong opinions on that. I guess the reasoning behind > this behaviour was a speed optimization: If a plugin later renders > stuff to a new layer anyway it would be a waste of time to clear it > automatically. If it doesn't it would just invoke > gimp_drawable_fill. No harm done, except that you have to know > about it. > > It might even matter for big images... > For C plug-ins that might be true. However, python plug-ins are not good in dealing directly with pixels - that is, for rendering things. I guess the python api for creating a layer could create an empty one with no problems. Regards, JS -><- > Bye, > Simon _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
