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| − | ==version 2.4== | + | ==SoC 09== |
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| − | ===selection/crop tool specification=== | + | ===[[paint dynamics specification]]=== |
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| − | This is the specification for the rectangle + oval selection, and the | + | This is the [[paint dynamics specification | specification]] for controlling paint dynamics. |
| − | crop tools. It is based on the state of GIMP 2.3.13.
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| − | ====handling the rectangle on the canvas==== | + | ==version 2.8== |
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| − | The algorithm for the size of the corner handles as implemented (handle height = rectangle height / 3, CLAMPed by 5 and 50, handle width = rectangle width / 3, CLAMPed by 5 and 50) allows fast interaction, and shall remain as-is.
| + | ===[[transformation tool specification]]=== |
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| − | The areas between two adjacent corner handles is called a side handle. The height of the two horizontal side handles shall be exactly the corner handle height, the width of the two vertical side handles shall be exactly the corner handle width. It is incredibly important that this change is made: to allow fast interaction by making the size of the side handles predictable.
| + | This is the [[transformation tool specification | specification]] for the unified transformation tool. |
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| − | The highlighting of all handle as implemented is good enough
| + | ===[[save + export specification]]=== |
| − | for rock-n-roll. no change. After evaluating the flashing of
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| − | the side handles when you fly over them to get to a corner
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| − | handle, I say: not a serious problem, user is focussed on that
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| − | corner. Make a release and see how users get along with it.
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| − | When the mouse is over one of the handles, and one of the
| + | This [[save + export specification | specification]] defines a clear separation between saving and export, based on version 2.6. |
| − | up/down/right/left cursor keys is pressed, the rectangle
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| − | shall be resized by one (shift: 15) pixel in that direction.
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| − | incredibly important: the mouse pointer shall move the same pixels
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| − | in the same direction. This may sound forbidden but it is exactly
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| − | what the user needs.
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| − | Mouse over rectangle but not over handle? Like above, but move (including the mouse pointer).
| + | ==version 2.6== |
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| − | ====layer/canvas edges==== | + | ===[[selection + crop tool specification]]=== |
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| − | It shall be possible to start a crop/selection rectangle outside the
| + | to be [[selection + crop tool specification | completed…]] |
| − | layer/canvas. Unless 'allow growing' for crop is checked (see below) the
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| − | actual crop/selection rectangle shall be limited by the sides of the
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| − | layer/canvas, also while the mouse is still down (rubber-banding).
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| − | This is incredibly important for the 'use ratio' constraint.
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| − | For crop there shall be a new checkbox in the options panel:
| + | ===[[no image open specification]]=== |
| − | 'allow growing' (default: unchecked). Normally limiting cropping
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| − | to the exact edges of the layer/canvas has the highest priority,
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| − | hence the rules above. This checkbox overrides that, and the
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| − | layer/canvas can be size up by dragging a bigger rectangle
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| − | around it.
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| − | ====the 'use ratio' constraint and the shift key====
| + | This is the [[no image open specification | specification]] for the state of GIMP when no image is open. It is still based on a multiple document interface model. |
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| − | Between the 'Expand from centre' and Highlight checkbox
| + | ===[[free-polygon tool specification]]=== |
| − | there shall be the 'use ratio' control, for the two select tools and crop.
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| − | [[Image:ratiofield.png]] | + | This is the [[free-polygon tool specification | specification]] for the straight cross between the free selection tool and the new polygon selection tool, developed by Martin Nordholts. |
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| − | It is a checkbox, combined with a single textfield and
| + | ==version 2.4== |
| − | the two portrait + landscape icons from the New dialog.
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| − | The textfield and icons shall be always displayed in the panel.
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| − | It is extremely important that the textfield shall be
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| − | a single textfield with no up/down arrows. This allows for
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| − | quicker input. The textfield shall accept the formats
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| − | A/B and A:B, where A and B are two floating point numbers.
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| − | The default value for the textfield shall be "1:1" for
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| − | the selection tools and
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| − | <current layer/canvas width>:<current layer/canvas height>
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| − | for the crop tool. When the user enters a value and confirms
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| − | it by enter/return or removing the input focus from the textfield,
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| − | this is the override value for this tool. It shall be displayed and
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| − | used for this tool for the rest of the runtime session, for every file.
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| − | This enable a pro to work 8 hours a day to cut out hundreds of 16:9
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| − | images.
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| − | This override value is cleared by clearing any numerical content from the field before confirming. This resets to displaying and using the default value for the tool.
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| − | When the checkbox is checked, the ratio shall be enforced while rubber-banding a rectangle. Pressing the shift key while rubber-banding shall toggle the checkbox in the other state.
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| − | The two icons shall be just icons, not in pushbuttons like in
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| − | the New dialog. Clicking one of the icons shall simply enforce
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| − | portrait or landscape in the textfield by swapping the two
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| − | number values when necessary.
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| − | ====the tool option panels====
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| − | From all three tool option panels, remove all the Fix buttons,
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| − | The line with the Aspect fields, and the three buttons below it.
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| − | Selecting more than one of constant ratio/width/height actually
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| − | sets a constant rectangle size and this makes for wild, chaotic
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| − | rubber-banding behaviour. We could implement a radioing system
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| − | for these 3 constraints, but the complexity and UI bandwidth
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| − | usage is too much. So I chose the simple solution: specific
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| − | widths and heights shall be typed and confirmed by enter/return
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| − | or removing the input focus from the textfield. Clearing any
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| − | numerical content from a field before confirming shall just
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| − | restore the value displayed before the typing commenced.
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| − | All lines that contain textfields shall be sized such
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| − | that they just fit inside a tool option panel that is
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| − | 6 tool icons wide (the default, I believe...).
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| − | The guides pop-up menu left side shall be aligned with
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| − | the left sides of the checkboxes, the pop-up menu right
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| − | side shall be aligned with the left sides of the textfields.
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| − | ====highlight==== | + | ===[[selection + crop tool specification]]=== |
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| − | When the Highlight checkbox is checked, then the darkening
| + | This is the [[selection + crop tool specification | specification]] for the rectangle + oval selection, and the crop tools. It is based on the state of GIMP 2.3.13, and is now updated with the realities of 2.3.18. |
| − | effect shall not be displayed during rubber-banding. This
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| − | allows for precise adjustments.
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Solution models get further developed into UI specifications, ready for implementation.
