Rick Brewster Posted August 25, 2005 Share Posted August 25, 2005 It's on the "maybe" list. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 Why don't you like the one with the handles? Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 The design for Paint.NET that I was thinking of was to overload the Line tool to serve as the Curve tool as well (and rename it "Line and Curve" or something). What would happen is you would draw a line and then when you let go of the mouse button two handles (or 'nubs') would appear on the line. To indicate that they were not part of what you drew, I would probably make them 'pulsate' a bit (kinda like what happens with the Clone Stamp in v2.2). At that point you could draw a new line so long as it didn't start at the same place at one of the handles, or you could press Escape to get rid of the handles and draw anywhere. Or, of course, you could drag the handles to curve the line. This design would solve many constraints that would otherwise prevent us from adding this functionality. I personally don't like the way regular Paint works for drawing curves at all. It is imprecise and does not allow you much control. Once you curve the line you can't undo what you've done and must start over. It is horribly flawed. If you have an example of an application that works the way you do want it to work, please let me know. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 When the handles appear, you would move the mouse over to either handle at which point you may drag it to curve the line. To 'commit' the line you can press enter or start dragging wherever the handle is not. It would not commit after "two drags" like in Paint. In other words, you could keep repositioning the handles until you got the line to curve how you wanted it to. Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0S Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 The design for Paint.NET that I was thinking of was to overload the Line tool to serve as the Curve tool as well (and rename it "Line and Curve" or something). What would happen is you would draw a line and then when you let go of the mouse button two handles (or 'nubs') would appear on the line. To indicate that they were not part of what you drew, I would probably make them 'pulsate' a bit (kinda like what happens with the Clone Stamp in v2.2). At that point you could draw a new line so long as it didn't start at the same place at one of the handles, or you could press Escape to get rid of the handles and draw anywhere. Or, of course, you could drag the handles to curve the line. This design would solve many constraints that would otherwise prevent us from adding this functionality. After reading this, I have to say it's one of the brightest and best ways of working with lines on this app. Good idea, Rick. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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