Hi Thales -- thank you for your feedback - we will take that in account while working in the UI - However, this need of yours can be easily implemented through a script - either in Python or Script-fu (if you are on Windows and have issues configuring GIMP- Python) -- this would give yiou this feature immediatelly (instead of you having to wait several months for a new gimp release). feel free to write further if you want more information on such a plug-in. js -><- On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Thales img <thales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > I have an idea and I'd like to know what you think about it. > Let's suppose a situation: > We make a 100 x 100px rectangle selection on a 2000 x 2000px, and we want to > create a new layer to paint the rectangle, so when we ask a for a new layer > a popup is opened asking Name, Width, Height, etc, for the new layer, for > default the Width and Height values are 2000px² (our document's size), we > click "Ok" and we have a new layer. > My point here it is that we have a 2000px² layer for a 100px² object, and as > I can see - as a user - a 2000px² consumes more performance(I don't know if > it's Memory or CPU) than a 100px². > So my idea is to have a option when creating a new layer; maybe a checkbox > with something like: > > [__] Follow Selection's Size > Did I make myself clear? > > Anyway, thanks for the attention, > Thales > -- > Thales Oliveira - Img Brasil > +55 31 (8365 3869 - 3309 8760) > > _______________________________________________ > 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
