# UI Redesign - Tool Options Window : Creation Tools

**URL:** <https://forums.synfig.org/t/ui-redesign-tool-options-window-creation-tools/2933>\
**Category:** Feature discussions\
**Created:** [March 10, 2014, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/ui-redesign-tool-options-window-creation-tools/2933 "2014-03-10T08:17:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hulf2012](https://forums.synfig.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@hulf2012](https://forums.synfig.org/u/hulf2012)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/ui-redesign-tool-options-window-creation-tools/2933/21 "2014-03-17T14:53:47Z")

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Thanks for answering:

> [@Genete](#):
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> > [@hulf2012](#):
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> > On Synfig, I don’t see the visual difference between feather and bluring. If some one could explain these, then It may be neccesary that differentiation.
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> Feather never place or modify pixels outside the shape boundaries meanwhile blur is normally 50% inside and 50% outside. Oddly in Synfig, feather is behaving like blur.  
> -G

In which document says that (about the definition of feather and blur)?

I know it’s not an official document, or it would change but according to wikipedia:“Feathering is a technique used in computer graphics software to smooth or blur the edges of a feature.”  
[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathering](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathering)

It seems to me, that feather it’s just a kind of blurring. And you say that featyher in Synfig is behaving like a blur. Also I see some difference between bluring in Inkscape, and Feathering In Synfig. In Synfig the border of a “feathered” geometry seems to “bright” the nearest regions.

Maybe We are a bit off-topic about UI Redesign?

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**Author:** ![jcome](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/jcome/32/3512_2.png) [@jcome](https://forums.synfig.org/u/jcome)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/ui-redesign-tool-options-window-creation-tools/2933/22 "2014-03-18T05:36:41Z")

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New Changes:

- Add detailed UI layout
- Make UI a little bit compact
- Add some more descriptions

please ref to the image in first post.

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**Author:** ![KonstantinDmitriev](https://forums.synfig.org/user_avatar/forums.synfig.org/konstantindmitriev/32/3_2.png) [@KonstantinDmitriev](https://forums.synfig.org/u/KonstantinDmitriev)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 9:45am UTC](https://forums.synfig.org/t/ui-redesign-tool-options-window-creation-tools/2933/23 "2014-03-18T09:45:54Z")

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> [@jcome](#):
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> > 1. where do yu (oups… very bad humor) plan to move “defaut interpolation” ? in the [toolbar](http://www.synfig.org/issues/thebuggenie/synfig/issues/528) ?
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> How about placing it to Time Track Panel (and Keyframe Panel)? Currently, The Default Interpolation widget in Toolbox is for waypoint only, it doesn’t affect keyframe generation.

I absolutely agree with this. It’s best to place default interpolation near other animation-related parameters. Maybe somewhere near the “Enable Animation Mode” button.

> [@rylleman](#):
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> Do we need the old sketch tool now when we have proper brushes? The functionality is somewhat different but there is better ways\* to archive this and it is confusing to new users to have a pen that you actually can’t use in your animations.
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> - Annotation tools. I use Gromit MPX to get this across my whole desktop and not just on canvas. There is also good tools in Compiz and KDE for this.

I prefer to keep this tool in Synfig for now. Some people don’t want to waste time for installing/configuring additional desktop tools.  
Although, I agree, that different icon for Sketch Tool could help to avoid confusions.

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