The ink tool can only change size (with pressure variation) whereas the paintbrush tool can change size, opacity, hardness and colour. Opacity is very useful for hard-brushing- an oil-paint-like effect.
Raeth On 12/24/06, Sven Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 2006-12-23 at 20:06 +0000, Raeth wrote: > > > I was wondering if it would be possible to somehow merge the Ink and > > the Paintbrush tools (I'm not a programmer) so that one could paint > > with the varying size and/or opacity of the Paintbrush combined with > > the accuracy and smoothness of the Ink tool. > > No, that is not possible. The two tools work completely differently. The > paintbrush stamps the brush repeatedly on the canvase to create a brush > stroke. The ink tool however calculates the outline of the brush stroke > based on geometry and movement of the brush tip. This stroke outline is > then filled using a solid color. Both concepts have advantages and > disadvantages. > > > In other words: Give the ink tool more pressure sensivity options and > > call it the new paintbrush tool. > > May I ask what options exactly you are missing in the Ink tool? > > > Sven > > > _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
