Re: [Gimp-user] Why so COMPLICATED?

["Joao S. O. Bueno" <gwidion mpc com br>]

On 28 December 2013 09:37, Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net> wrote:
> On 12/28/2013 01:41 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno wrote:
> > On 27 December 2013 16:22, Sam Gleske <sam mxracer gmail com> wrote:
> > > Original message below.  I see a good feature recommendation here.
> > > Sliders
> > > for fuzzy selection in the select Tool Options dialogs.  I think it would
> > > be useful.
> >
> > Well, that is there since...forever!
> > The task at hand here is somewaht different - giving
> > control to fuzzy out the contents on paste - that makes the difference,
> > for two things:
> > 1) you can see the "final result" as you play along with the silder
> > 2) you make the pasted content fuzzy so that it has
> > 100% transparency on its border. With fuzzy selections,
> > you get 50% transparency on the border, before cutting. After pasting,
> > one has to go through all the steps listed above, and they are
> > quite a few.
>
> This question has been asked elsewhere. A solution is to paste the full
> object to a new layer, add a layer mask, fill the shape with a shaped
> gradient (which is a function of the distance to the outline) and then use
> the Brightess/Contrast (2 sliders), Levels (5 sliders), or Curves (256
> sliders) to adjust the blend.
The fact that there is a multi-step way for doing this does not mean
there should not be a single step to perform it.
(BTW, if you check the e-mails on this thread, you will
see that I know it is feasible and had scripted the steps
 in an automated way)

https://github.com/jsbueno/gimp-plugins/blob/master/feather_paste.py

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