[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 136289] Control image transparency by a gradient

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=136289

Regina Henschel <rb.henschel at t-online.de> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Regina Henschel <rb.henschel at t-online.de> ---
Currently opacity is applied to the background of an image element, same as for
all other graphic elements. For an image this is only visible, if the image
itself has transparent parts. That is demonstrated in the attachment.

We have already the "Filter" as image-manipulating feature. I see this
"feature" as a relic from the early days of StarOffice, 25 years ago, when
there was also an image editing module integrated. I dislike the idea to add
another image editing feature. Nowadays we have excellent image editing
applications, even free, that I see no necessity to add such feature to an
office application. Instead, I would rather advocate removing the other image
editing capabilities from LibreOffice.

Having a feature always mean, that it needs to be maintained, which binds
developer capacity.

And for doing similar inside LibreOffice, there exists two workarounds:
A) You can put the transparency gradient on the text shape.
B) You can convert the image "to contour" and apply a transparency gradient
then.

And for a quick access to an external image editing application, the context
menu of an image has got the item "Edit with External Tool".

So my take for this is a "wont fix".

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