Re: [Gimp-developer] Overlay Mode - fix.

[Burnie West <west ieee org>]

On 11/17/2012 08:38 AM, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> > >GIMP's focus is on artistic needs. Whether a blend mode is useful or not,
> > >can only a judged from an artistical point of view. If you want to model
> > >physical reality with GIMP means, be careful to check whether the actually
> > >implemented math is suitable for your case.
> Come on, how many artists do you know who will have enough of a
> background in mathematics and physics to have a hope of doing that?
>
> You might as well tell a bunch of engineering students that they need to
> consider the interaction between the æsthetics of composition and
> socio-political emotive responses.
>
> The overlap is non-zero, some do have a hope, but it's not OK to make it
> into a barrier.
I think Yahvuu's suggestion is accurate; your implication of his meaning
is a bit off the mark. The way an artistic individual could decide about
the "actually implemented math" is by experience, not analysis. Which
blend mode "looks best", to the artist, is meaningful.

  -- BUrnie