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Smoother Zoom in/out possible?
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02-06-2023, 05:31 AM (This post was last modified: 02-06-2023, 05:32 AM by Ps2Gimp.)
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.
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02-06-2023, 07:33 AM
Maybe if you choose your zoom ratio?
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02-06-2023, 12:30 PM
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-de...mooth-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.
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