Re: [gimp-devel] Re: Triage! (was Re: [gimpwin-users] PNG blank display bug)
Simon Budig wrote: Sven Neumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: How about some comments for feature triage? There are some features in Gimp 1.1.x which are buggy or unusable, yet stay the same for weeks snip... Ill try to do something on the tool in the next time, but as always I cannot promise anything. The first thing would be the API cleanup, the second thing would be to prepare the conversion to a selection, but bound to some strange events, since we need the Integration for the right way to do it. If there were one feature of Simon's path tool that I would like to have automagically appear in the Integrated path selection tool, it is the ability to manipulate the curve by "pulling" on it directly. it is a very pleasant way to adjust curves. It's effect needs to be adjusted near control points; bezier basis functions associated with the first and fourth control points grow expotentially to unity, so manipulating Simon's path near control points can be a tad exasperating. Be good, be well Garry
Re: [gimp-devel] Re: Triage! (was Re: [gimpwin-users] PNG blank display bug)
Garry R. Osgood ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: If there were one feature of Simon's path tool that I would like to have automagically appear in the Integrated path selection tool, it is the ability to manipulate the curve by "pulling" on it directly. it is a very pleasant way to adjust curves. It's effect needs to be adjusted near control points; bezier basis functions associated with the first and fourth control points grow expotentially to unity, so manipulating Simon's path near control ^ infinity? points can be a tad exasperating. Yeah. The basic idea is, that when you drag on the curve near an endpoint you dont want to change the curve at the other endpoint. So I have to move the handle from the near endpoint more drastically to achieve the "curve-dragging" effect. Maybe I should limit the ratio at some point... Anyway: It is not too hard to get the control-point back: Simply drag the curve near the anchor towards the anchor. The controlpoint will appear as quick as he went away earlier :-) Bye, Simon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/
Re: [gimp-devel] Re: Triage! (was Re: [gimpwin-users] PNG blank display bug)
Sven Neumann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: How about some comments for feature triage? There are some features in Gimp 1.1.x which are buggy or unusable, yet stay the same for weeks at a time. Without paid staff to do this work, we must throw away [*] stuff that's not going to make it. On my short list... [...] * Paths Simon ? Umm - Yes. I´m terribly sorry, but at the moment my Dis-organizer works a little bit too well. A short summary of the state of the tool: Good News: * Manipulating the path works, maybe needs some minor cleanups. * Converting to a selection probably is easy, since there is code from Andy to convert an array of floats to an selection. * The code seems fairly stable - I dont get crashes at the moment. Bad News: * The API for new path types is not sane at the moment. At some points are Ints instead of floats, some functions do have too much parameters and so on. * The integration with the paths Tab in the LC Dialog/the PDB Path API/ The XCF-Format is probably horrible - at least for me. Im not sure if this is on the TODO for 1.2, since there are lots of points, where we can break something. My point of view: If the Integration of the Paths tool could not be done before 1.2 we should not include the tool. Its use is too limited in the current state. It should be fairly easy to remove the files shortly before the 1.2 release if necessary. Ill try to do something on the tool in the next time, but as always I cannot promise anything. The first thing would be the API cleanup, the second thing would be to prepare the conversion to a selection, but bound to some strange events, since we need the Integration for the right way to do it. Hope this clears some things. Ill respond to questions... :-) Bye, Simon -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/
