> > Maybe you should write "I wish that someone else does". > When discussing possibilities, it is less important what I wish. My aim is to provide good useful input, towards a consensus. -C On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Tobias Ellinghaus <houz@xxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
