Re: [Gimp-developer] Enhanced smudge tool : Smudge with painting

[JLuc <jluc no-log org>]

Where is the diff to be seen ?
JL

Le 16/04/2017 à 07:07, b91502038 ntu edu tw a écrit :
> Agree. I also hope that someone could suggest a better name because English is not my native language. The 
> names can be
> discussed.
>
> The UI texts I added:
> No erasing effect
> tooltip: Never decrease alpha of existing pixels
> Flow
> tooltip: The amount of brush color to blend
> Rate
> tooltip: The strength of smudging
>
> About the name "Flow", the main problem I met is if I gave a new name, it had to be added to paint dynamics 
> too.
> (Without dynamics this parameter has little use.)
> In that experiment I just picked a parameter not used by smudge for quick implementing (Flow is only used by 
> Airbrush
> now). And I thought the word "Flow" was somewhat reasonable here, like the amount of pigment in water color.
>
> Not sure witch way is better, use the name "Flow" and explain it in a tooltip, rename it and consider the 
> compatibility
> with Airbrush, or add a new parameter to dynamics.
>
> ----
>
> Talk about a experience I learned GIMP. "Rate" is another parameter not used by all paint tools. Airbrush, 
> Smudge, and
> Convolve use it but have different meanings and have no tooltips in current version of GIMP. I got comfused 
> until I
> realized that they have different meanings.
> But the paint dynamics system might become too complex if 3 different parameters were used.
> So I think exactly naming will have drawbacks in paint dynamics, but a good tooltip can help.
>
> ----
>
> About the boolean toggle, set Flow=0 will disable finger-painting and acts as original smudge tool. I think a 
> toggle and
> a scale control are a little more complex than a scale control only. Just my opinion.
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