Hmmm, that Paint Shop Pro implementation does make this tricky, though it does make sense. I see Stephan's point in regards to Flip, in fact that is the same confusion I have with Mirror. Stephan: do you have operations like this in WonderBrush? If so, what are they called? What about "Flip Left to Right" and "Flip Top to Bottom" ? Those are pretty long of course, but quite explicit. I think Flip could be replaced with Mirror without any confusion as well (though I personally like Flip.) Ryan On 4/18/06, Curtis Wanner <katisu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To add to the confusion: > In Paint Shop Pro they use "Mirror" for changing the left and right. As if > holding the printed image up to a mirror. > They use "Flip" to turn the image upside down. As if holding the printed > image upside down to a mirror. > > Curtis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephan Assmus" <superstippi@xxxxxx> > To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:17 PM > Subject: [openbeos] Re: ShowImage "Mirror" Operations > > > > Hi, > > > >> My suggestion would be to rename them to Flip Vertically and Flip > >> Horizontally, which I am use to from the GIMP (and I assume Photoshop > >> has similar operations.) Flip Vertically would be the same as Mirror > >> Horizontal, and Flip Horizontally would be the same as Mirror > >> Vertical. > >> > >> Does this idea seem reasonable? If I was confused, others may be as well. > > > > I'm all for changing the wording to make something more clear. That being > > said, I don't think that "Flip Vertically" is different from "Mirror > > Horizontally". Both phrases don't make it perfectly clear to me (I admit > > English is not my first language), if the "direction" they mean is the > > axis > > on which the image is flipped, or the direction of the movement. Or does > > "flip" imply the movement? > > > > Best regards, > > -Stephan