It would be better to have short-cut menu that corresponds to the layer content. That way issues like this one wouldn't arise. For instance, if I have a selection with matching ants, the menu would have options like: - fill selection with fg colour - fill selection with bg colour - stroke selection etc IMO, the current short-cut menu isn't so helpful. joseph On 27 March 2015 at 15:16, Elle Stone <ellestone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > [image: Boxbe] <https://www.boxbe.com/overview> Elle Stone ( > ellestone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) is not on your Guest List > <https://www.boxbe.com/approved-list?tc_serial=20844536611&tc_rand=2103303690&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_MWTP&utm_content=001&token=CeYlAq6wZOVQnqbV%2F7X5TplgnKeS3OrmoBn5u0JBZhjVrk%2B5TylA8%2Bl%2Br8oeWSbg&key=kzP50BbdTF5wjxBew7NxMz83uuVwA3oGOCKMfBgnMBc%3D> > | Approve sender > <https://www.boxbe.com/anno?tc_serial=20844536611&tc_rand=2103303690&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_MWTP&utm_content=001&token=CeYlAq6wZOVQnqbV%2F7X5TplgnKeS3OrmoBn5u0JBZhjVrk%2B5TylA8%2Bl%2Br8oeWSbg&key=kzP50BbdTF5wjxBew7NxMz83uuVwA3oGOCKMfBgnMBc%3D> > | Approve domain > <https://www.boxbe.com/anno?tc_serial=20844536611&tc_rand=2103303690&utm_source=stf&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ANNO_MWTP&utm_content=001&dom&token=CeYlAq6wZOVQnqbV%2F7X5TplgnKeS3OrmoBn5u0JBZhjVrk%2B5TylA8%2Bl%2Br8oeWSbg&key=kzP50BbdTF5wjxBew7NxMz83uuVwA3oGOCKMfBgnMBc%3D> > > On 03/26/2015 08:16 PM, Ofnuts wrote: > >> It was also not so obvious to some more advanced users :) let's face it, >> in a software with the breadth of Gimp, everyone is going to overlook >> some feature. >> > +1. > > For example, I looked for a long time for a way to save a selection as a > channel - it's right there on the selection menu, but I didn't find that > option until reading one of Pat David's excellent tutorials. > > And anyway you can't have all these clever little things >> jump in your face when you start using the application, that would be >> information overload. Better find/learn about them little by little when >> the need arises. >> > +1. > > I can think of three different groups of users for "when the need arises": > > 1. People who are learning about image editing at the same time that they > are learning to use GIMP. > > 2. People who are very experienced at using GIMP, and still don't know > where all the shortcuts and tools are hiding (that they would use if they > knew about them, nobody uses everything GIMP provides). > > 3. People who are very experienced at editing images using other software, > who: > > * Already know how to use much of what GIMP offers, but might not have an > easy time finding where GIMP stores the equivalent tools and options. > > * Of course have no clue about GIMP algorithms and tools that *aren't* > available in whatever software they might have used in the past. > > Anyone have any idea how many current GIMP users fall into the third > category? I'm an ex-PhotoShop user (and before that Corel software). I > found using GIMP to be pretty intuitively obvious, except I'm still > discovering basic stuff like "how do I save a selection as a channel". > > > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp- > developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > > -- D/Insp. BUPE Joseph *Data Protection Officer, INTERPOL NCB Lusaka* *Zambia Police Service Headquarters,* *Criminal Investigation Department,**P.O. Box 50104, Lusaka* *Zambia* *Officer Phone/Fax*: + 260 211 255218 _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
