I was using the Perspective Distortion on a path-from-text the other day when I
noticed a usability gripe: The tool's on-canvas preview (i.e. the
transformation handles and guides) used the entire image canvas size. Although
it did display an on-canvas preview of the path being transformed, the
particular skew I was looking for required stretching the transformation
handles well outside the bounds of the image canvas -- not exactly convenient
when the path in question occupies a relatively small portion of the entire
image canvas.
For comparison, when you use a transform tool on a layer, GIMP uses the bounds
of that layer for the preview grid (if a selection is present, GIMP also limits
it to the layer's selected area). Likewise, if you use a transformation tool
on the selection mask itself, GIMP also uses the rectangular bounds of that
selection.
But when you use a transform tool on a path, GIMP should grab the rectangular
bounds of the path you are modifying and base its preview (transformation
handles and guides) on that. Much more intuitive that it's modifying a path,
not the whole image.
-- Stratadrake
strata_ran...@hotmail.com
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