Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] cut-and-paste, copy-and-paste

[Albert C. <aca...@gm...>]

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...> wrote:
> On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 03:06:26AM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
>> Choose a brush. A fat one is the default. Paint with it.
>> As you paint, a stamp is created. Nothing appears in
>> the main canvas as you paint. When you like the stamp,
>> simply select it and use it. It works like any normal stamp.
>> There is no "cut" operation, and the "copy" operation
>> happens implicitly as soon as you start to paint.
>
> So if you select too much, how do you unselect, to get the 'perfect shape'?

Most likely, you don't. Keep it simple.

It's possible to use the colors for this. Selections
can then be made with proper alpha, instead of
being binary.

> Also, I think for kids who are drawing something sparse -- i.e., most of
> their picture is background color -- a one-fell-swoop selection (like
> rect, ellipse or lasso), with the addition of a 'snap to shape' would be
> very useful for duplicating something they just drew.

Background removal can be done in any case.
You can't do it very well with snap-to-shape
because of the fringing problem.

Background removal could be done by default.
It could also be a button (or an undo button for
the default being to remove) to allow including
part of the background.