Re: [Gimp-developer] Pencil - Tool Options and Hardness

[Elle Stone <ellestone ninedegreesbelow com>]

On 06/22/2016 11:19 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 5:55 PM, C R wrote:
>
> > >Speaking as a digital painter (samples available upon request), I can tell
> > >you the Pencil tool does not replace a pencil brush. In fact, the pencil
> > >tool acts nothing like a pencil at all.:)  Could re-name it the
> > >"pixel-tool".... but it absolutely sucks at being a pencil in just about
> > >every way it possibly could.;)

Ah, the source of the confusion is here.

The Pencil, Brush, and Air Brush tools each do different things to 
whatever Brushtip+Dynamics they happen to be used with.

I was referring to the usefulness of the Pencil tool as doing "something 
different and sometimes very nice", compared to what the Brush tool does 
given the same "Brushtip+Dynamics" combination. I wasn't limiting the 
brushtip (correct terminology?) to the brushtips that intend to emulate 
pencil marks on paper.

I think you are saying that GIMP's Pencil tool is terrible at being 
digital replication of a physical pencil applied to actual paper? I 
rather suspect you might be right, that for many use cases the Brush 
tool is better for use as a "digital pencil".

If this is the case - if GIMP's Pencil tool is really bad for sketching 
or outlining or etc - maybe the Pencil tool simply needs a more 
descriptive name.

Best,
Elle