Neat Image 3.0 on the Mac is amazing. The new, larger preview window is fantastic and the updated features are a nice update to previous versions.
My suggestion for the next version is the ability to move the selection box by clicking in the window. I use the "hand" tool to move my photo around until I find an area to "sample" and build my noise profile. The square selection box does not move with me.
As I move the photo around, I have to drag the selection box with me. It's easy to get ahead of the box or lose it completely. I'd like to see a more intuitive method, or perhaps by simply clicking in the window, the selection box would be placed, centered in the preview window?
This software is developing along very nicely...thanks to all!
Suggestion for Profile building selection
Suggestion for Profile building selection
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I would also find it very useful to be able to resize a selection by dragging on the selection border.
This is especially important during manual profiling, since fine adjustments often have to be made to the selection in order to obtain a suitably flat area. It's tedious to have to reselect the entire area to make these fine adjustments.
I would also prefer a thinner selection border -- ideally one pixel wide. Currently, the border thickness depends on the selection size. It can be confusing to have such a thick border, not only because it obstructs the underlying image, but also because it's not obvious whether the border is included in the profile or not. (It is, right?)
In case some people prefer the thick border, maybe the border width could be configurable.
This is especially important during manual profiling, since fine adjustments often have to be made to the selection in order to obtain a suitably flat area. It's tedious to have to reselect the entire area to make these fine adjustments.
I would also prefer a thinner selection border -- ideally one pixel wide. Currently, the border thickness depends on the selection size. It can be confusing to have such a thick border, not only because it obstructs the underlying image, but also because it's not obvious whether the border is included in the profile or not. (It is, right?)
In case some people prefer the thick border, maybe the border width could be configurable.
Actually you can resize it right now. This is not very obvious (there is little visual feedback during this process) but if you drag the border then it will resize.
BTW, I believe you realize that you don't need to select anything to apply Auto Fine-Tuning, am I right? On the other hand, you do need to select an area when you do semi-automatic profiling with Auto Profile.
Thinner selection is an option but we traditionally used the thickness to indicate the size of the selection and to show how many spatial frequencies fit into the selected areas. The whole area in the frame and under the frame is used for analysis.
I guess we will be able to make this configurable once we establish an Option dialog as in the Windows version.
Thank you,
Vlad
BTW, I believe you realize that you don't need to select anything to apply Auto Fine-Tuning, am I right? On the other hand, you do need to select an area when you do semi-automatic profiling with Auto Profile.
Thinner selection is an option but we traditionally used the thickness to indicate the size of the selection and to show how many spatial frequencies fit into the selected areas. The whole area in the frame and under the frame is used for analysis.
I guess we will be able to make this configurable once we establish an Option dialog as in the Windows version.
Thank you,
Vlad