hi, Danko Dolch schrieb: > A node view is your friend and sould not be hidden from the user - just > entry level users have a better understnding from a "physical pipeline > based view" than a complex layer tree... > > But Rome wasn't build in a day either - I know - first things first ;-) well, we'll talk about that later... when GIMP 3.x users already have finished their compositions by the time you're still fiddling with your beloved node view :->>> > [..] memory requirements have to be > considered carefully - think about someone editing a simple satelite > image (eg. blue marble second generation) 86400x43200px - it takes about > 14GB per 32bit RGBA layer - if you store 10 operator states you will > have a lot of GB for only one still image ;-) actually, it's not that bad -- only what's on the screen has to be rendered and cached. So unless you take the time to pan through the whole image at 100% view, the cache size should stay within reasonable limits. greetings, peter _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer