Evaluation Notes - Creating Original Art

introduction

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task:

Creating original art, a collage of found images and wild brushwork.

Open New File

1. Image Size: width and height should be chained
2. Advanced options are hiding the resolution part, which is something we are trying to achieve.
3. X, Y resolution should be the same.
4. Many possible resolution formats, but in 99% you know what pixel/inch you want to achieve.
5. We can create two radio buttons. The first for screen images and the second for other print resolutions.
6. With closed advanced options you shall be able to express if it’s print or screen img.
7. When choosing img for print, the resolution would be 300 px/in, but user could type other value (the same for X, Y resolution). In advanced options user could change X, Y resolution independently.

Open PDF

It needs Ghostscript, so it should be installed at the beginning (optionally).

Image window issues

1. When closing last image window, an image with Wilber or tooltip could appear.
2. When minimizing image window also toolbox window should be minimized. (however that might be disturbing when working on many images at the same time and shifting between them)
3. In a task bar user should see just the image window.
4. Maybe we could dock dialogs in the main image window. User would be able to have separate dialogs all around, or all in image window.
5. In View/Dialogs menu user could chose the view mode. We should decide about the default after seeing a mockup of how it would look all in one.
6. Inspector windows are real windows, and in general they are too fat comparing to the image window. They should have more ‘light way’ look, thinner, more ‘athletic’. We need to limit big push buttons that are common.

Scanning

1. We don’t like the fact the user has to install SANE plugin to scan. This should be one-click installation. After installing it should automatically see the scanner.