Peter (yahvuu) wrote: > there's one solution i haven't seen yet: > > assign a background color to GIMP images. Not a layer, just a single > color. > This way, the eraser can always work on alpha, and all layers > consistently can have an alpha channel. I like the innovative nature of the idea. but, I am not sure about how general purpose this idea is. - I would like to see some more thinking on how this influences the simplest case: importing an image without any transparency. how would that look like without introducing complication. simple things (in users' eyes) have to remain simple in the UI. - I would like to see some more thinking on how this is related to the background color in the color chooser. coupled/decoupled? --ps founder + principal 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