Sorry for double-posting, but I have an announcement to make:
a new dev build is available, the first in over a year, and it has some stuff I'd like to see some testing on.
Notably: fixes and additions to map error checkers, new actions in 3D mode, for example to move things, and very basic pixel editing in the image panel.
Let's explain that last one a little bit: what we have so far is this:
This is the
translation setter. It opens the translation editor so that you can create a translation, seeing its effect on the image as usual. However, when you click "OK", the translation is not applied to the image! It's simply stored. If you want to translate the entire image, there's still the color remap tool for that.
The black rectangle is a
color setter. Left-click opens the standard color picker dialog.
Right-click opens the palette. So you can choose colors from the palette, or from
outside the palette. (If the image is paletted, do not be surprised if the result when using a color outside the palette is disappointing.)
The first tool is the
offset drag tool. Left click on the image and drag it around to change offsets. This is actually just the old behavior; what you could already do.
The
crayon tool lets you draw on the image. Click somewhere, the pixel will be colored with the color from the color setter. (Or the nearest approximation in the palette, at least!)
The
eraser lets you delete pixels. Click somewhere, the pixel will become transparent.
This weird T-shaped pencil is the
translation pencil! Click on a pixel, its color will be subjected to the translation you set in the translation setter. I'm not sure the icon will stay like this by the way, but it'll do at least for testing so far.
All that said, here are some limitations you should be aware of before uninstalling Photoshop:
1. Pixel only. There are currently no brushes, so you can't affect areas greater than 1x1.
2. Click only. No hold and move to draw freehand. Click click click click click click click.
3. No undo!!!
4. Pencil-translations will work (as much as possible) on a truecolor image. However the preview image in the translation setter won't be changed, so you'll go kinda blind.
5. The mouse cursor flickers when moving it in painting mode. I don't know why. I blame wxWidgets.
Finally there's another new icon out there:
it pops up a little window that lets you crop the image. It's not new, it's been around a while, all I did was uncomment it and give it an icon.