[Gimp-developer] transformation tool

[Tom Lechner]

Let's not forget these relevant bug reports:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167926
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315051
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138462
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164828

I've made a tool in my program Laidout that uses a sort of 3 point  
transform: 1 point is a constant center of rotation/scaling, another  
optional point is a "shearing anchor", and the third point is wherever  
you click down on (not just on hard to get at handles, which might be  
off the screen somewhere). When you drag, the selection will be  
rotated, scaled, and sheared as appropriate to keep the one or two  
anchors in the same place.

You can see a video tutorial here (the relevant bits start at about  
1:55):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86ZiQjLDYlo

I've also sent a mockup, with a potential perspective pushing around an  
axis variant of the above 3 point tool, to here:
http://gimp-brainstorm.blogspot.com/

Tom
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