Report of Meeting: plans 2011

[Cyrille Berger Skott]

On Thursday 06 January 2011, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Thursday 06 January 2011, JL VT wrote:
> > Actually I really want to work on this (I was already working on it
> > before I was offered sponsorship).
> > 
> > Polishing Phong Bumpmap, Impasto, and the Halftone brush are things that
> > will come with time (Halftone and Bumpmap first, Impasto much later),
> > since I feel I owe those, however I don't think any of those is too
> > important for Krita at the moment compared to a good mixing brush.
> > 
> > As for restoring Emanuelle's work... now that's something really really
> > interesting but I'm not sure if it's worth the effort. The Painterly
> > Framework was made with the very idea of simulating subtractive color
> > mixing in mind (if it was made thinking of something different then
> > please correct me). If a brush engine is made that can mix colors like
> > that (or in other fashions), then there is no need for the painterly
> > framework anymore, at least not with any urgency.
> > Knowing myself, It's only a matter of time before I try to solve the
> > problem theoretically, but whether it turns into code that goes into
> > Krita is something I don't know; it /will/ turn into a lengthy wall of
> > text describing my findings somewhere though.
> 
> Emanuele's work is also more geared towards creating a good color mixer
> palette. For painting on the canvas, it's not that important, so I agree
> with you here.
> 
> And basically, the maths are done for the color mixing palette -- the rest
> is simple a matter of finishing the UI, and that's not really a big
> challenge.
Yes and there is also an impressive number of people who have come and asked 
about that features (on irc, mailing lists, forum...). But since it is a 
feature unique to Krita, it is difficult to know if it is a real demand or 
just curiosity.

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Cyrille Berger Skott