[Mypaint-discuss] [CREATE] Multiple viewports (for MyPaint, but Gimp/Krita/whoever too?)

[David REVOY]

here my 2 cents about split-view discution:

* For the split view for 'poor man's overview widget' ( ex : 'full image 
preview' + 'detail preview'  ) :
I would prefer a floating windows in most of case for this usage, 
because a pure split consume more area on the screen ( a full column or 
a row ) , and a second floating windows can be reduced as a thumbsize, 
be moved on a second screen, etc...
Ref : 
http://www.ctrlpaint.com/home/2011/3/24/painting-details-using-two-windows.html

* For split view as a zoom 'palette in the corner'. Here I don't think 
this is a good practise. Building a palette in a corner or somewhere 
directly on the artwork is always obstrusive, or not respect the final 
file dimension ( painting outside ). This lead often to problem for 
artist. Here, a split view would be more consuming IMO. The best 
solution I tested so far is the 'image docker' done by Silvio Heinrich 
on Krita : a resizable docker where you can load a picture with the 
default behavior of color picking while cursor/pointer is over.
A panel like this can be used to load reference, a screenshot of Gpick, 
a color palette from another not compatible app, a self-painted palette, 
etc... As a user ; I would prefer to see the *.ora file containing 
special layer to contain this kind of ref files and palette...

So, in absolute I'm not really for this split view in Mypaint; because 
the need of 2D artist is not as the splitted 3D viewport of Blender. 
That's why I'm asking if the effort to port a feature like this to a 
standard in *.ora worth it...

  But I'm also exited about split view feature on Mypaint , because for 
the moment having a full preview or a palette area is impossible and 
furstrating for Mypaint users.  So , as I know this feature can poorly 
answer to some of user needs and is a low hanging fruit to grab because 
already in a branch ; I prefer to say 'better than nothing'  ; yey , we 
want it  !

Ref : I tested month ago the branch made by Andrew Chadwick with a 
single split. Btw, splitview with independant mirror view was awesome to 
fake a mirror feature ; that suited my need to detail symetric 
characters ( even if I have to copy paste the half in Gimp after saving 
in Mypaint )
My test screenshot :
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6956/mypaintsplitscreen.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6369/mypaintmirrorwithsplitv.jpg