Hello I have searched a lot about this, and couldn't find anything apart a few lines in an old summer of code page, and in this old webpage : http://www.re.org/tom/computer/gimp/index.html#preview unfortunately this patch only applies to 2.3 this is why I allow myself to post here as a feature wish, even though I am absolutely not a coder. I am using GIMP every single day for my 3D texturing work, and i have to blend together parts of photographies in an interactive way. Parts need to be lined accurately so that you don't create blur in the blending areas. ( someone told me Hugin does it perfectly, but at a first glance, it seems to involve complex settings and a lot of click work before it computes a solution, when you just need to move things on the fly and see how it goes . Hugin seems to be more suitable for assembling large images together than a lot of little parts ) As GIMP is now, you need to move/scale/rotate/shear/perspective a selection or a layer, apply transformation, check if it lines good, undo, transform again, check, etc, because the preview always turn to totally opaque , whatever the layer opacity is. Having a little slider to set the preview mode/transparency would be a real enhancement for this kind of workflow. Another clean solution would be that the preview simply follows the active layer mode/opacity . I have read about Iwarp as a tool, that combined with a transparent transform preview would turn GIMP into a fantastic texturing tool. I have no clue how difficult it can be to code this, but I hope the developers of GIMP can find an interest in this. With all my thanks for all the work done, regards patrice poly _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
