Krita, still very buggy

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Tuesday 05 December 2006 21:06, Ronan Zeegers wrote:
> Hi guys (and girls?),
>
> I just tried the new Krita and it is still very buggy...
>
>
> But first the good news; I tried the Transform Tool with my wacom and it
> works well now! Great job!
>
> And now the bad ones; when I use the transform tool with a selection, I
> end up with a very nasty bug. I already found a bug report
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138393
> I dont want to be hard or discouraging but that kind of bugs should be
> only in beta release not in 1.6.1

Yeah, I discovered that today. I'm not sure whether it has been there all 
along or is a regression. That's one thing we really and truly lack: 
regression tests. Testing all (and I mean _all_ features before a release. 
But I see from the bug reports that Casper knows what's wrong already, maybe 
he can fix it for 1.6.2...

> I also have to say that I find the selection system not very convenient.
> When I work with a selection, I want to have a clear view of my image in
> the same time. I mean the whole image.
> The semi transparent mauve color really doesn't help here. It's a cool
> thing to have when I work on my selection area but not when I work with
> my selection (i.e. when using the transform tool or brush).
> The user should be able to switch between dotted lines (I don't think
> anyone has found a better system right now) and the semi mauve
> transparent color (maybe without the buggy red line).

Yes... I think we'll have to bite the bullet and come up with a marching ants 
system, too. Even though Qt4 has made that a lot more difficult for us :-(

> I also didn't find an easy way to deselect. Only a complex shortcut
> combo or going through the menu. An easier shortcut and a deselect tool,
> even if it seems stupid, can be a good stuff to have in terms of
> usability and work speed.

That's a bit of a problem: ctrl-shift-a is a kde standard shortcut for 
deselect. It's even wider: gimp has the same shortcut. I cannot right now 
test Photoshop or Corel Painter. What do other graphics apps do to make it 
easier to deselect?

> Krita has a really great design and I think it's a sexy project. I
> really would like to use it daily but all those bugs on basic tools
> prevent me to do so.

If you have the energy, don't hesitate to tell us about each and every bug -- 
the mailing list is okay for that, no need to fight with bugzilla!
-- 
Boudewijn Rempt 
http://www.valdyas.org/fading/index.cgi
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