Comment 3 for bug 246471

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Troy James Sobotka
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Static values with pressure off works well to match an arbitrarily sized
> stroke in a typeface.

Yes, but you still cannot pre-calculate what Width value you need to
set. You can only get the match by experimenting. The slider didn't
change that. If there's not enough precision for experimenting, just
zoom in closer, then the same slider move will correspond to smaller
width change. I'm planning to add an on-canvas pen width indicator
which will make it easier to match width visually by left-right
arrows. By the way left/right arrows still work for fine Width
adjustments - the slider does not update but it's a bug that we'll
fix.

> It is at least as noticeable in Tremor and Drag. Changing values in
> Drag, for example, often means shifting from the decimal values between
> 2 and 3 or between 4 and 5. With the sliders, this is a painful, if not
> impossible, task to do efficiently.

Several possibilities here: we can decrease the upper limit of Mass
thus improving its sensitivity for small values; we can make this
parameter's slider exponential; and we can add more presets for small
values if you need them often (it already has 2). Or any combination
of these. No need to lose the slider convenience.

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