I tried posting this to the list first, but apparently the list was down, so I went ahead and submitted a bug (#540091). The text below is from that bug report, and I would love to have this idea discussed on the list for possible development. When editing photos I find that it is tedious waiting for the rendering to be completed as I turn layers on and off for comparing the effects of the changes I'm making. I would like to see a new tool/UI that would allow a snapshot to be taken of any currently displayed view and saved for comparison with other snapshots later. It would be good to allow these snapshots to be named. I visualize a list of snapshots, and clicking on each one displays it in a snapshot review window. This window would have zooming and panning capabilities. By eliminating the processing that I assume is required each time a layer is turned on/off, I would think that the snapshots could be displayed very quickly and make subtle differences between snapshots more apparent. Perhaps something like this might be done using the "Copy Visible" function and creating a display window with a list of snapshots displayed on the side? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment #1 from Martin Nordholts (GIMP developer, points: 14) 2008-06-25 04:29 UTC [reply] Hi Why not just use Image -> Duplicate as the snapshot mechanism? If that doesn't work, please bring this up on the gimp-developer mailing list. Before opening an enhancement request the feature and solution should have been discussed there. Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment #2 from vabijou yahoo com (reporter, points: 6) 2008-06-25 13:12 UTC [reply] The gimp-developer mailing list has had no activity since June 16, so it does not appear to be working. I've tried posting there, and my e-mails have been returned. I've e-mailed the gimp-developer administrator and had that e-mail returned. I posted it on nabble on June 20 and there it sits. I think I've done my best to work within the system, and the system failed me. Hence, I'm posting it here. Image -> Duplicate is an unacceptable alternative. The idea is to create a single window that allows the user to cycle through multiple (named) snapshots in any order he chooses to see large or small changes more readily. Image -> Duplicate has so many negatives to this process that I don't know where to start. Two major problems with Image -> Duplicate immediately come to mind: 1) It would be a huge waste of memory, since it completely copies the image info (except for the History). 2) It scatters windows all over the place, making comparisons difficult. What I'm after is a fast-rendering, easy to use method of flipping through "snapshots" of my workflow. Shift-clicking on the eye-ball by each layer comes close, but it is slowed by the processing required during rendering. My proposal is a way to get around that and speed things up for the user. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Enhancement-idea%3A--Snapshot-tool-for-quick-comparisons-tp18142100p18142100.html Sent from the Gimp Developer mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
