The future of the dynamic brush

[Boudewijn Rempt]

> Somehow I think it is two different kind of things. We already have two ways of 
> changing the parameters:
> * "static" : it is currently set with the paintop widget (I think of brush 
> radius, fade...)
> * "dynamic" : changed while painting using the information from 
> KisPaintInformation coming from mouse/tablet events
> 
> The sensor idea is a solution for the "dynamic" changes, and allow to use 
> different things than pressure, and they work on KisPaintInformation. While I 
> think the keyboard shortcuts would trigger a change in the static parameters.

Yes, I think you are right.

> Basically, the main use case I see for keyboard shortcuts are:
> * increase/decrease the size of a brush without going through the widget (with 
> +/- and/or mouse wheel)
> * switch between paintop pressets

> > Probably also the brush selection option where it could be used to cycle
> > through brush shapes/sizes/spacing -- depending on the user's selection.
> I am not sure what you mean by that ?

Well, I might want to associate the scrollwheel with brush size, or prefer to associate
it with spacing -- or even brush selection, for instance.

> Thinking of spacing, should I add a spacing slider to the autobrush ?

Yes -- and the text brush, too.

Boudewijn