toolbox taxonomy

[Casper Boemann]

Hi

Before coding too much shouldn't we talk this through.

We all pretty much agree that pencil, brush and airbrush are tools. To this
I would add stamp and fill

My idea is to exclude line, rect, ellipse etc from the above list, but
rather define them as auxillary tools (that I choose to call guides) to be
combined with any of the above tools. Exactly like when you draw you have
your pencil and a ruler if you draw straight lines. Or a pencil and a
starshaped stencil.

Also regarding the other tool options that now has a docker. I would like to
see them integrated in our new tolbox. The space may not allow it directly,
but then perhabs the docker could pop up from the toolbar when the moused is
moved over an icon or something like that.

Regarding the color chooser. Opposite photoshop (and clones) I don't think
color should be part of the toolbox. In real life you have a palette and a
toolbox. So for me the colordocker is the natural way (as we have it now).
The color picker should be a temporary helpertool/mode of the color chooser
and not a tool in itself.

The brushes are kind of inbetweens. The true images (like the green pepers)
should go into options for the stamp tool. The pencil tools should have size
and hardness as options, and they should tear down when used until you
sharpen them (this should be optionally though) The brush tool should have
brushes defined by size and shape and hairlength, not by images.

best regards / venlig hilsen
Casper Boemann