Re: [Gimp-developer] Quasimode Adjustments -- fastest adjustments [demo included]

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 6:29 PM, yahvuu wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> for your inspiration, here's the fastest way to perform adjustments that i can think of:
>
> While pressing a shortcut key
>    - the corresponding slider gets displayed right under the pointer
>    - moving the pointer left-right immediately performs the adjustment.
> To commit, simply release the key.

This kind of interaction is already implemented in the Brightness/Contrast tool.

Try activating it and dragging the mouse pointer on the image

A similar interaction for Curves was inrtroduced in Photoshop CS5.

Alexandre Prokoudine
http://libregraphicsworld.org