On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Liam R E Quin <liam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is it conceivable to have a Filter Brush that takes any filter, > ala krita? This has nothing to do with a Warp tool, really (because a Warp tool doesn't use a brush), but the answer is yes, it is very conceivable. I would be interested in getting opinions on some of the open questions about how such a tool should work. Here are some of the questions: 1) How should a filter-brush handle the settings for the filter? Should it run the filter's dialog when activated in order to get settings, or have a button to run the dialog, or use the default settings, or the last settings used, or what? 2) Should a filter brush, in effect, apply the filter to the drawable, and then clone from the result at each stroke? Or should it reapply the filter after each brush stroke? Or after each brush mark? Or should this be an option? In any case, applying a filter with a brush is basically a fancy kind of cloning, so there is nothing intrinsically all that difficult about it. There would probably need to be a bit of new machinery, such as a mechanism for distinguishing "paintable" filters, and a way to run a plug-in in "dry-run" mode -- so that it sets up parameters but does not actually alter the image -- but nothing incredibly challenging. -- Bill _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
