Hi, The option "Scalable distance [ ]" in tool options of the Freehand Brush tool confused me a lot over the past days as I tried to use again stabilizer after two years being away and using "none" for all. The documentation and infobox tells this: - Documentation: "This makes it so that the numbers involved will be scaled along the zoom level." (src: https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/tools/freehand_brush.html) - Infobox (when mouse over the checkbox): "Scalable distance takes zoom level into account and make the distance visually constant whatever zoom level is choosen." If you test with a dramatic distance to be sure to notice the effect (140px here is enough), check "Scalable Distance"; you'll end with a very very slow brush at 12% zoom, a slow at 25% and faster at 50% then 'quicker' at 100%. So, not really "Visually constant" as promised. The gesture is not constant either and visually the resulting stroke is not constant too being overly weighted at lower zoom size. To get a constant behavior whatever the zoom size (I guess 99% of what drawer/painter expects) the good option is to uncheck it. Could be maybe the wording about this option improved or just maybe more hints in the infobox and documentation? (Note: This is not a regression.)
I think we're going to have to discuss this at the next meeting. I've added a note to https://docs.google.com/document/d/18LYxzHO-KpThsJJ65nb8A1kltkjpQKMStyZ4W-gv_WA/edit# -- the meeting document for next week
This was the commit that created the feature: commit dedcbc777d3fbea570e95fbcefbff2f37957afc0 Author: Dmitry Kazakov <dimula73@gmail.com> Date: Fri Jun 6 16:16:39 2014 +0400 [FEATURE] Added a Scalable Distance option to Weighted Smoothing Now if you activate "Scalable Distance" option for a brush tool, the distance will be corrected to your current zoom level. It means that your stylus will be "stabilized" the same way at any zoom level you choose. BUG:335834 CCMAIL:kimageshop@kde.org
Git commit 46641c91ee3713368e6877441367324e9bc4fd31 by Dmitry Kazakov. Committed on 20/05/2020 at 12:01. Pushed by dkazakov into branch 'master'. Make "Scalable Distance" always on for the Stabilizer And also hide the option from the GUI. M +5 -1 libs/ui/tool/kis_smoothing_options.cpp M +3 -1 plugins/tools/basictools/kis_tool_brush.cc https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/commit/46641c91ee3713368e6877441367324e9bc4fd31
Git commit fc8c150ae70ad4c2e3c092b28e0f22a3fe1cd34c by Dmitry Kazakov. Committed on 20/05/2020 at 12:02. Pushed by dkazakov into branch 'master'. Change "Distance" to "Sample count" for stabilizer Stabilizer doesn't have any distance in its algorithm. It uses samples instead. M +31 -5 plugins/tools/basictools/kis_tool_brush.cc M +3 -1 plugins/tools/basictools/kis_tool_brush.h https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/commit/fc8c150ae70ad4c2e3c092b28e0f22a3fe1cd34c
The bug is fixed in https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/commit/d59971da7ab52af8c23ebcfd3c62500d971bee07 The patch will be backported to 4.3
Git commit c16cf7cd9f0edd06c1dcb9d12afae3b6c19b0a22 by Dmitry Kazakov. Committed on 20/05/2020 at 12:30. Pushed by dkazakov into branch 'krita/4.3'. Make "Scalable Distance" always on for the Stabilizer And also hide the option from the GUI. M +5 -1 libs/ui/tool/kis_smoothing_options.cpp M +3 -1 plugins/tools/basictools/kis_tool_brush.cc https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/commit/c16cf7cd9f0edd06c1dcb9d12afae3b6c19b0a22