On Thursday 23 June 2016 08:43:55 C R wrote: > To recap: > > 1. I think the pencil tool should be renamed "Pixel Tool" if it's to stay > in the Tool box. > Reasons: > A. Jaggies don't make for realistic simulated pencil marks > B. There are better pencil-simulation tools in the Brush palate I am not sure that renaming a tool that old would be a good idea. People know what to look for, and at the end of the day it's just a name. No one expects it to be a realistic pencil. At least no one accustomed to the tool (see Product Vision for the intended target audience). > 2. I think Brush settings should be brush specific instead of tool > specific, and the brush should remember the modifications made to it > instead of the tool storing that information. > Reason: I can't think of a situation where you would want to use the > current Pencil tool, and Brush tool in tandem. If we're keeping it in the > Tool Box just to remember values between brushes, I'm not sure who it's > benefiting. :) I am using the two in parallel all the time when drawing masks. The brush for the edges and the pencil to fill in the bulk. Reason: I want to be sure that anti aliasing doesn't leave half transparent areas. So I have my left hand on the keyboard to hit 'x', 'n' and 'b' and the right hand on mouse/stylus. > 3. The Pencil Tool could be gotten rid of entirely if #2 is done, and an > anti-aliasing checkbox is added to the brush options. As Simon already mentioned, there are two levels of anti aliasing/blurring/thresholding/whatever we want to call it. Would that switch turn off both? [...] Tobias
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