> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:27:47 -0600
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Edge-sensitive painting?
> From: cr33...@gmail.com
> To: strata_ran...@hotmail.com
> CC: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org
> 
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Richard Gitschlag
> <strata_ran...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Say for example that I am digitally coloring an inked linework (black lines,
> > white background).
> 
> 1. Set blending mode on ink layer to "multiply".
> 2. Create new layer with white fill and move it below *below* ink layer.
> 3. Paint on new layer.
> 
> Does that not work?
> 
> Chris

I'm already aware of how to use layer blending modes (etc.) for this purpose, 
thank you, but that's not what I was talking about.

One of the minor, but slightly annoying (and minor annoyances are always the 
worst) things about digitally inking underneath any outline layer is what 
happens when your brush strays very close to the lines you're inking inside of. 
 If your brush size is large enough to pass completely through that line onto 
the other side, or you just hit a bad stroke somewhere, then naturally the 
brush will end up painting (or as I phrased it, "bleeding") onto both sides of 
the line, which you probably didn't want -- you have to take time cleaning it 
up later.

I've attached a simple JPG to supplement what I'm talking about - on the top 
half is your existing behavior where stray too close to a line and your brush 
will pass through underneath it and end up painting on both sides.  On the 
bottom half is the suggested "edge-sensitive" behavior, where as long as you 
remain on the same side of a line, the brush area "stops" at that line and does 
not pass through.

For an analogue, compare a simple coloring book to those toy-section "fuzzy 
posters".  One requires a reasonably steady hand and conscious effort to remain 
within the lines; the other enforces it for you.

To be fair, there are other ways to achieve the desired end result (selection 
masks, etc.); but I'm suggesting, could it be possible as a checkable option in 
the actual painting tools themselves?

-- Stratadrake
strata_ran...@hotmail.com
--------------------
Numbers may not lie, but neither do they tell the whole truth.


                                          

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