On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:27:59 +0200 Martin Nordholts <enselic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I don't think registering a fixed preview image is good enough, it > should be a preview of the effect if applied to the current image. Just my 2c. The problem with a preview of the current image is that it is not "controlled" and so won't necessarily show off the effect. Imagine a gaussian blur (as a simple example). If the current image is a 200px x 200px line drawing then the default settings of a blur (5px IIRC) will produce a noticeable effect in the preview. If the image being edited is a 35MPix digital photo, then it won't be obvious at all what the effect is doing in the preview. Rather than apply the default settings of the effect to the current image, why not allow the author to create the demonstration image (which will show off "real" use of the effect), but forcing it to be based on a specific image (Wilber springs to mind). That way it's using a known base image but can be tweaked to provide maximum visual effect for the preview? Jon _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
