From kde-kimageshop Mon Sep 21 15:56:57 2009 From: Matthew Woehlke Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:56:57 +0000 To: kde-kimageshop Subject: Re: Whither Krita? Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-kimageshop&m=125355198724988 Dmitry Kazakov wrote: > I've thought about something like that for Krita recently. And i've got the > following idea: > > All the actions on the image (except of painting) could be based on adj. > layers. E.g. if you want to change the size of the image (or switch to a > different colorspace), you can just add a proper layer into the stack. I don't see how change size would be workable. If you mean free transform within the canvas of a point on the layer stack (producing a flattened output), that is one thing, but an actual 'resize image' must affect all layers simultaneously and leave the layer stack unchanged. I like 'change color space' as a filter, though if you recall [1] there is already use cases for being able to do that sort of thing within a filter. 1: http://wiki.koffice.org/index.php?title=Krita/High_dynamic_ran > 3) A user will have a uniform interface(!) for all actions Personally I prefer to keep filters and generators separate. Not only is it useful code-wise, it has a meaningful distinction to the user. (Remember, though, the only difference between filter and generator -- Matthew Please do not quote my e-mail address unobfuscated in message bodies. -- "[Microsoft has] the deepest of pockets, unlimited ambition, and they are willing to lose money for years and years just to make sure that you don’t make any money, either." -- Robert Cringely _______________________________________________ kimageshop mailing list kimageshop@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kimageshop