Request for direct pixel manipulation lasso/selection mode
Verfasst: Di 14 Jun 2022 10:54
I am aware I requested this a number of times before in the past 8 years, or so. I was hoping it would be implemented by now, but that is sadly still not the case.
Perhaps I haven't clarified well enough why this is so important to have in an image editor. In short, without an option to manipulate pixels with lassos/selections directly:
- it would take thousands more clicks and actions to work on pixel art or bitmap based GUIs
- in many cases small edits (such as moving a bunch of pixels or a selection of the image) take more time: cut, repair background, move, merge. Generally in Photoshop and other image editors (Krita, Corel, etc.) it is just one move. Select, move.
The other day I had to move and copy letters in a transparent bitmap layer to "write" a new text using the existing letters. This turned out (again) to be a chore in PhotoLine: draw a rectangular lasso/selection around a letter, cut or copy it in a new layer, move it to the new position, merge it with the original layer.
It took so much time that I decided to use an old version of Photoshop for the job instead (and I really dislike Photoshop nowadays).
Here is a user testing PhotoLine and encountering the same issue and explaining why a user would want to work this way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3vwtYHrPJg
In PS create a selection, move the selection and/or alt-move to copy the pixels. CTRL-T to transform quickly. Very easy and effective.
And try achieving these simple moves in PhotoLine:
https://youtu.be/GDfDWwaO79w?t=106
Too many convoluted steps are involved.
Generally in pixel art or bitmap-based game/GUI graphics directly manipulating pixels is an action performed thousands of times every week. I regularly have to switch to other software because of this one single missing option.
But this is also very handy for high-res 1bit inks and scanned graphics. Just select and move/copy/transform stuff without the need to go through extra steps of having to create extra layers and merging these. Or just quickly select and move (and duplicate) pixel selections in one step.
Let me state this in rather strong words: PhotoLine is in its current state one of the most powerful general image editors, yet I can barely use it for these type of jobs! It takes far too much clicking and/or keyboard shortcuts to perform a simple pixel manipulation move.
I would imagine this to work like so: All Lasso/selection tools are equipped with a new mode that allows the user to:
[1] select and move pixels
[2] hold down ALT to duplicate the selection and when the selection is dropped the pixels are merged in the active layer
[3] allow the user to transform the selection in this mode without the need to switch to the Layer (Q) tool.
Please consider implementing this. It would save SO much time and allow PhotoLine to be used for these kind of jobs as efficiently as other image editors.
Perhaps I haven't clarified well enough why this is so important to have in an image editor. In short, without an option to manipulate pixels with lassos/selections directly:
- it would take thousands more clicks and actions to work on pixel art or bitmap based GUIs
- in many cases small edits (such as moving a bunch of pixels or a selection of the image) take more time: cut, repair background, move, merge. Generally in Photoshop and other image editors (Krita, Corel, etc.) it is just one move. Select, move.
The other day I had to move and copy letters in a transparent bitmap layer to "write" a new text using the existing letters. This turned out (again) to be a chore in PhotoLine: draw a rectangular lasso/selection around a letter, cut or copy it in a new layer, move it to the new position, merge it with the original layer.
It took so much time that I decided to use an old version of Photoshop for the job instead (and I really dislike Photoshop nowadays).
Here is a user testing PhotoLine and encountering the same issue and explaining why a user would want to work this way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3vwtYHrPJg
In PS create a selection, move the selection and/or alt-move to copy the pixels. CTRL-T to transform quickly. Very easy and effective.
And try achieving these simple moves in PhotoLine:
https://youtu.be/GDfDWwaO79w?t=106
Too many convoluted steps are involved.
Generally in pixel art or bitmap-based game/GUI graphics directly manipulating pixels is an action performed thousands of times every week. I regularly have to switch to other software because of this one single missing option.
But this is also very handy for high-res 1bit inks and scanned graphics. Just select and move/copy/transform stuff without the need to go through extra steps of having to create extra layers and merging these. Or just quickly select and move (and duplicate) pixel selections in one step.
Let me state this in rather strong words: PhotoLine is in its current state one of the most powerful general image editors, yet I can barely use it for these type of jobs! It takes far too much clicking and/or keyboard shortcuts to perform a simple pixel manipulation move.
I would imagine this to work like so: All Lasso/selection tools are equipped with a new mode that allows the user to:
[1] select and move pixels
[2] hold down ALT to duplicate the selection and when the selection is dropped the pixels are merged in the active layer
[3] allow the user to transform the selection in this mode without the need to switch to the Layer (Q) tool.
Please consider implementing this. It would save SO much time and allow PhotoLine to be used for these kind of jobs as efficiently as other image editors.