Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-23 Thread gg
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:34:28 +0200, Geert Jordaens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Gowers wrote: >> On 6/23/07, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 13:26 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> I think "nearest neighbour" is non technical, ver

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-23 Thread Geert Jordaens
David Gowers wrote: On 6/23/07, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 13:26 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think "nearest neighbour" is non technical, very obvious in it's meaning and readily understood. IMO it is very technical and the vast majo

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-23 Thread David Gowers
On 6/23/07, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 13:26 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I think "nearest neighbour" is non technical, very obvious in it's meaning > > and readily understood. > > IMO it is very technical and the vast majority of users does not

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-23 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 13:26 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think "nearest neighbour" is non technical, very obvious in it's meaning > and readily understood. IMO it is very technical and the vast majority of users does not understand its meaning. They also don't understand Linear or C

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-23 Thread gg
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:57:23 +0200, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 10:44 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Note the conditional "should" and the uncertainty "probably". I'm not >> being dogmatic or presumptuous. I'm doing _exactly_ what you suggest >> p

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-23 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 10:44 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Note the conditional "should" and the uncertainty "probably". I'm not > being dogmatic or presumptuous. I'm doing _exactly_ what you suggest > proposing a re-examination and also proposing an alternative that I > consider be

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-23 Thread gg
On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 08:53:16 +0200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is overly presumptuous, in my opinion, to declare that labeling > nearest neighbor interpolation as "None" is an error on the part of > the user interface designers of the GIMP. It may be worthwhile to > propose re-examination o

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-22 Thread saulgoode
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Once 2.4 is out and there is a review of the interp naming strategy w.r.t. > downscaling the use of NONE should be probably be changed as well. (A > scaled up image with no interpolation has holes in it.) > > Even though rather simplistic, N.N _is_ interpolation. >

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-22 Thread gg
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:30:04 +0200, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:13:42 +0200, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 10:55 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I was not intending to emphasise layers, although I was trying >>>

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-21 Thread gg
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:13:42 +0200, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 10:55 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Sorry, I was not intending to emphasise layers, although I was trying to >> cover the case where an indexed layer was added. The basic point is tha

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-21 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 10:55 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry, I was not intending to emphasise layers, although I was trying to > cover the case where an indexed layer was added. The basic point is that > this message is great if there is an indexed element in the image, > otherw

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-21 Thread gg
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:58:17 +0200, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 09:42 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Indeed it may be best if this only gets shown when relevant. If there >> are >> no indexed layers present (which will often be the case) it is

Re: [Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-21 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Thu, 2007-06-21 at 09:42 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Indeed it may be best if this only gets shown when relevant. If there are > no indexed layers present (which will often be the case) it is irrelevant > and just slows the user by feeding him unneeded info to parse. It is very

[Gimp-developer] index colour images: interp

2007-06-21 Thread gg
Hi, I just noticed a little warning has been added to interpolation dlg. Nice touch, it's important. "Indexed colour layers are always scaled without interpolation. The chosen interpolation type will affect channels and masks only." I'm concerned this text is far too technical for most users