---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Theodore Imre <blurymind@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:17 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: is watercolor (brush color blending mode)... To: alexiadeath@xxxxxxxxx photoshop is also a image manipulating application,but its brushes have some color dynamics and its developers are working on making it a painting application,as much as photo manipulator.In fact they are trying to turn it into an universal tool- latest photoshop even supports 3d layers.I doubt gimp will ever do that if all of its developers are keeping it in the photo manipulation area.That would also keep it less feature rich If you have tried Sai Paint tool,you would know that it supports a lot of features,such as layers,wand/select/masking,and one can undo many times (just see for yourself).How does that application manage to support such color blending brush dynamics while retaining so low memory,having a large undo memory ,end that being so,eventhough one might work on large canvas with multiple layers (just try it and you'll see) is beyond my understanding.Maybe its developer knows a lot about memory handling The beauty in such a brush is that even if you do not have a tablet, you can get a smooth transition between two colors on the canvas (pressure sensitivity is not needed really) On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Alexia Death <alexiadeath@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sunday 27 July 2008 22:57:38 Theodore Imre wrote: >> All such applications that i tried >> (sai,nekopaint,4thpaint) used a relatively low amount of virtual >> memory/cache space. So from what i read now, gimp cannot handle such a >> brush dynamics,because it is going to likely consume a lot of >> memory.How do these other applications manage to do it so lightly >> without much memory? > In my experience such applications offer little or no undo and as rule no > layers. Either way its always a trade off. Shi, for example offers a rather > limited sized canvas IIRC. And most of these trades an application meant for > photo editing can not do. > >> Rotating the canvas is also a very usefull feature that is valuable >> when you draw with a tablet (you cannot rotate your tablet because >> hand-eye coordination is ruined,but rotating it on the screen makes it >> easier for one to get the right angles of lineart) > This I agree to. Sadly, since tablets cost A LOT of money there aren't many > people even among developers who would be willing to spend time on features > that are there for just tablet users. Theres so much more to work on and not > enough people actually offering code. Ill just do what I can to make the paint > tools as powerful as I can. And having had a look at the code in question... > It will be a while before a gegl based paint core has any chances of replacing > the current one. Theres too many features that would be lost with a > replacement. A slow transformation perhaps, but all out replacement... I don't > see that happening somehow. > >> But i really hope that Gimp doesnt just take design ideas from only >> photoshop and its tools and does not stick to photo manipulation >> only,while its foundations make it possible to grow in the right >> directions that make an artist use graphic software. > Like it or not GIMP is an Image Manipulation program. It can not and will not > be a painting application. You may look at Krita and its developers to fill > that need. > >> A brush color >> blending mode would really make a big change and will make it a lot >> more enjoyable to use for drawing with a tablet.Gimp shouldnt really >> emulate real materials if it has that feature.. > Blending mode? As in mixing colors on canvas? Please explain how this should > work in your mind? It might not be very complicated to make a tool like that. > Since I haven't taken a closer look at paint tools work at that level, so I > probably could use the exercise. Trouble is, any extra tools will most likely > shunned by core developers and adding it as an option for a paintbrush is not > IMHO a clean solution. > > -- Alexia > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer > _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
