Clumsy masking with some tools

[davidh]

If you need to build a mask that needs multiple touches like Paint or Flood fill, the process is rather awkward as you must after each touch click back on the mask dialog to make it active again a to be able to continue with the mask.

This alternate clicking is not only disconcerting but it also forces you constantly to reposition the brush or the pointer from the mask title bar to the location in the input image to be masked.

Is it unavoidable after each touch to transfer the focus to the transformation dialog, from which the mask dialog has been opened, and make it active?

For example, would it be possible for the system to distinguish between a "common" cursor click that synchronizes input image with the transformation dialog on one side, and on the other side a "mask tool" cursor touch that holds back the synchronization of Amount mask icon of the transformation dialog until it is clicked on?

By the way, the Mask transformation dialog, opened from the Transformation menu, does not suffer from this inconvenience and still is able to refresh the Mask icon after each touch. The truth is it is not a typical transformation dialog.

[jsachs]

I am unable to reproduce this here -- the mask dialog retains control after flood fill or paint operations. What transformation were you having a problem with?

[davidh]

I was using the Paint Transformation.

[jsachs]

I think this problem, which I have fixed for the next release, is limited to the Clone, Paint and Smudge tools. If you see it crop up anywhere else, please let me know.