Sven wrote: > how should tool interaction work with this? the tool still only interacts in a real GIMP window > Would you want to see the mouse cursor in the magnified view? yep, normal sized mouse cursor, with for all the brush based tools the brush coverage shape enlarged correctly. > Should you able to interact in it or is it just a view? it is just a temporary loupe. what I am asking myself is 'does this thing need to be circular? I can see the circle thing coming from a constant radius around the mouse cursor (and a cool shape in case of the aperture loupe: <http://www.creativepro.com/img/story/20051219_fg5.jpg> ), but I am sure that you will feel a lot better when it can be a square, the small and enlarged one connected by a couple of filled polygons. --ps principal user interaction architect man + machine interface works http://mmiworks.net/blog : on interaction architecture _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer