[Digikam-users] what is the red circle for?

[gerlos]

Il giorno 12/gen/2010, alle ore 17.49, Daniel Bauer ha scritto:

> On Tuesday 12 January 2010 17:09:53, Gilles Caulier wrote:
>> Yes, it make a sence to only work on target image because the
>> information displayed from histogram is target image.
>> 
>> The color components is displayed with a marker in histogram. Do you see
>> this ?
>> 
>> The idea is to check is color is oversatured or undersatured in target
>> image, after to have applied colors effect.
>> 
>> Gilles Caulier
> 
> Ah, I see... I always use the "mouse-over"-view (change between original and 
> target when hovering), so when I move the red circle nothing happens, because 
> I'm always in the original... 

OK, here's the reason why it seemed not working to me! I use the "mouse-over" view too.

> However its a bit confusing to me that the circle is also shown in the 
> original, where it is of no use. Would be nice to have that circle only in the 
> target view, or, to show the histogramn position in the original, too.

I agree, maybe it should do something useful also in our case, or not be there at all.
Otherwise, it could seem broken or useless, as noted before.

regards
gerlos