Re: [Gimp-developer] Creating a new Layer

2010-05-06 Thread peter sikking
Thales img wrote: > > We make a 100 x 100px rectangle selection on a 2000 x 2000px, and we > > want to create a new layer to paint the rectangle, so when we ask > a for > > a new layer a popup is opened asking Name, Width, Height, etc, for > the > > new layer, for default the Width and Height

Re: [Gimp-developer] Creating a new Layer

2010-05-06 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 05/06/2010 08:50 PM, Thales img wrote: > @Martin > It seams to be much more difficult, don't you think? Well, yes, but that can hardly be an argument for doing the wrong thing. It is important to align resources on a project lacking them, and doing what you suggest would be a wasted effort in

Re: [Gimp-developer] Creating a new Layer

2010-05-06 Thread Sven Neumann
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 19:37 +0200, Martin Nordholts wrote: > That is a step in the wrong direction, the right thing to do is to make > layer boundaries automatically managed so a user won't be bothered with > the New Layer dialog at all. Right. But until that change has been done, it might make

Re: [Gimp-developer] Creating a new Layer

2010-05-06 Thread Thales img
@Martin It seams to be much more difficult, don't you think? On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Martin Nordholts wrote: > On 05/06/2010 04:24 PM, Thales img wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have an idea and I'd like to know what you think about it. > > > > Let's suppose a situation: > > > > We make a 1

Re: [Gimp-developer] Creating a new Layer

2010-05-06 Thread Martin Nordholts
On 05/06/2010 04:24 PM, Thales img wrote: > Hello, > > I have an idea and I'd like to know what you think about it. > > Let's suppose a situation: > > We make a 100 x 100px rectangle selection on a 2000 x 2000px, and we > want to create a new layer to paint the rectangle, so when we ask a for > a

Re: [Gimp-developer] Creating a new Layer

2010-05-06 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Hi Thales -- thank you for your feedback - we will take that in account while working in the UI - However, this need of yours can be easily implemented through a script - either in Python or Script-fu (if you are on Windows and have issues configuring GIMP- Python) -- this would give yiou this

[Gimp-developer] Creating a new Layer

2010-05-06 Thread Thales img
Hello, I have an idea and I'd like to know what you think about it. Let's suppose a situation: We make a 100 x 100px rectangle selection on a 2000 x 2000px, and we want to create a new layer to paint the rectangle, so when we ask a for a new layer a popup is opened asking Name, Width, Height, e