Whither Krita?

[Matthew Woehlke]

Dmitry Kazakov wrote:
> I've thought about something like that for Krita recently. And i've got the
> following idea:
> 
> All the actions on the image (except of painting) could be based on adj.
> layers. E.g. if you want to change the size of the image (or switch to a
> different colorspace), you can just add a proper layer into the stack.

I don't see how change size would be workable. If you mean free 
transform within the canvas of a point on the layer stack (producing a 
flattened output), that is one thing, but an actual 'resize image' must 
affect all layers simultaneously and leave the layer stack unchanged.

I like 'change color space' as a filter, though if you recall [1] there 
is already use cases for being able to do that sort of thing within a 
filter.

1: http://wiki.koffice.org/index.php?title=Krita/High_dynamic_ran

> 3) A user will have a uniform interface(!) for all actions

Personally I prefer to keep filters and generators separate. Not only is 
it useful code-wise, it has a meaningful distinction to the user. 
(Remember, though, the only difference between filter and generator

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