Sketch-brush outline issue (or not)

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Saturday 01 October 2011 Oct, David REVOY wrote:
> Ok, I understand the radius now as a feature , and not as a bad bug 
> feedback.
> Thanks
> 
> Still, I find this big outline too distracting in the actual state to be 
> the only user feedback for this tool. I can imagine this 'radius for 
> substrokes' as a secondary feedback, and a marker for the center of 
> stroke as a primary feedback .
> Something like this speed'n'dirty mockup : 
> http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4846/selection004.jpg
> But I don't know how flexible is krita to can make an outline almost 20% 
> alpha visible while preserving a brush center
> Just an idea , maybe one to dificult to code or to manage with good 
> performance.. Sorry if it's stupid ^.^
> 
> Note : This kind of 'double radius feedback' could also solve other 
> brushes/presets with dynamic on radius size (as pressure, etc) ; showing 
> -for example- a mini and maxi radius for a brush to give a visual 
> feedaback range to the user..

Yes, this is a pretty good idea. Sven and Lukas will know how hard this would be to do. I think it would be something for 2.5, though... Could you create a bug report and attach the mockup and description? Please mark it "normal", not "wish".

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Boudewijn Rempt
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