GSoC idea

[Aca Markovic]

Hi Boudewijn,

I took some time to examine Krita libraries that would be needed for this
project.

As you suggested, I made a mockup of how I would like sketch pad to look.
Please let me know what do you think about it.

I would like if we could meet on IRC to discuss what my proposal should
contain.

Best regards,
Aleksandar

On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:

> On Monday 23 March 2009, Aca Markovic wrote:
> > Hello Boudewijn,
> > Thanks for a quick reply!
>
> Too quick it turns out -- I had some problems with my connection, which was
> slow, and pressed enter instead of ^O to postpone for some later additions.
> Anyway...
>
> > I took a look at Art Rage, and I really like it! Now I understand the
> > project a little bit better, but I still think that my experience with
> the
> > project I mentioned might help me :)
> > Is there a place where I can look at the interface of the existing tools
> > and functions already implemented in Krita, which I could than use to
> make
> > the Sketch-pad interface?
>
> Sure -- you can check out the code. You would need to -- probably -- fork
> krita/ui. There are useful bits in that library, like the krita/ui/tools
> and krita/canvas. But you would need to make new main window and new
> widgets
> to select colors tool/brush preset combinations. A good way to get started
> would be to draw a nice mockup of the intended interface (which should not
> be
> 100% cloned from Art Rage, of course -- also take a look at
> http://gamma.cs.unc.edu/impasto/).
>
> > Also, I was wondering how would you like the sketch pad to be added? Like
> a
> > special "view", like a completely different program (Krita lite, Krita
> > sketch ? :) ), like a special "mode"...?
>
> I would prefer a separate application using as much of the Krita libraries
> and plugins unchanged as possible.
>
> > I was first thinking about just
> > implementing a toolbar, but because of the multiple to single layer
> > transition, I think that is not an option?
>
> No -- in fact, I think that there shouldn't be toolbars in this application
> at
> all :-). You also don't need to care about handling layers: for now, just
> one
> layer should be fine.
>
> > Also, I was wondering is the design of the interface (color choosers etc)
> > already predefined? Should it be similar to Krita, or perhaps, should it
> be
> > something more appealing to children who like to sketch? :)
>
> Think tablet devices like tablet laptops or the maemo -- that is, as much
> as
> possible keep the paper central and make the widgets to choose colors,
> brushes
> and so on at the fringes. Tuxpaint isn't a good example :-)
>
> --
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