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Smoother Zoom in/out possible? - Ps2Gimp - 02-06-2023
The Zoom moves in very ~dry jerky jumpy~ increments. like 100% to 80% to 60% etc.
Would appreciate a totally smooth zoom in/out. Much better for art work habits also as fine tuning to details occurs constantly.
Thanks
RE: Smoother Zoom in/out possible? - sallyanne - 02-06-2023
Maybe if you choose your zoom ratio?
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RE: Smoother Zoom in/out possible? - rich2005 - 02-06-2023
I cannot see any way for a smoother zoom. It is not a new topic, this from 12 years ago: https://www.gimpusers.com/forums/gimp-developer/15032-smooth-zoom
quote: Well, the preset steps are there for a reason: I touched that code some years ago and it was quite a bit of back and forth until we settled on the current solution.
The steps are based on sqrt(2) factors inbetween, tweaked heavily towards "nice" ratios (e.g. 141% --> 3:2). It might sound stupid, but these "nice" ratios are important for users: They have a predictable and even distribution of the pixels. unquote
However the Gimp Devs might be forced to do something because of touch screens: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/1098 but alas not for the regular Gimp 2.10
You could always raise a feature request there.