Ilya Zakharevich wrote: > Yet another idea: for most of "puzzling" layer modes the mode is just > a function F of two variables: "level in current layer", and "level L > in composite of layers below" (here "level" is the value of a > particular channel). So for each value of "level in current layer", > one gets a *curve* applied to the "composite of layers below" > (essentially, I consider the effect of the mode when the current level > is a solid color). [..] > So what about the following icon: take some background color in good > contrast with all gray20, gray128, and gray245. On this back, plot > the graph of F(20,L) in gray20, etc. One gets an icon with 3 graphs. that sounds a pretty much like the "Curves" plots i did in (fifth column): http://yahvuu.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/table-contrast-2100b.png An explanation is is available at [1]. > For me, it is going to be a much better visualization than "a > color-coded graph of a function of 2 variables". But it is quite > probable that I'm not representative enough. What do you think? "a picture says more than a hundred words" springs to mind. I think it's pretty much impossible to meet the requirements for useful layer mode icons, though: http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-developer/2009-October/023432.html greetings, yahvuu [1] http://yahvuu.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/blendmodes1/#curves _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
