[Gimp-developer] ANNOUNCE: GIMP 2.6.2
GIMP 2.6.2 is a bug-fix release in the stable GIMP 2.6 series. The source can be downloaded from ftp.gimp.org or one of the mirrors listed at http://gimp.org/downloads/#mirrors Binary packages for the various supported platforms should become available soon; please check the Downloads section on www.gimp.org. Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.6.1 to GIMP 2.6.2 = * Bugs fixed: 557950 – Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4 558215 – unit and zoom entries in Statusbar not visible 558451 – Cannot build GIMP using Sun CC on Solaris 2.8 558420 – projection incorrect with alpha-less layers 556603 – Zoom region always zooms in center of image 557870 – Qmask message popping up here and there 557705 – compatibility with GEGL 0.0.20 556248 – Scaling gives 'jagged' edges 556804 – Zoom drop down doesn't update 524615 – Print not to scale 555246 – gimp crashes when a file is opened while a preview is generating 556741 – Alpha layer automatically added (in psd format) 556182 – Could you please explain a few strings [I18N] 555697 – build fails if configured with --without-libjpeg 134956 – Curves tool doesn't save free curves * Updated translations: Czech (cs) Danish (da) Finnish (fi) French (fr) Japanese (ja) Polish (pl) Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR) Swedish (sv) Simplified Chinese (zh_CN) ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4
Hi, Sven Neumann wrote: On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 23:52 +0100, Joern P. Meier wrote: The new Gimp 2.6 Cubic option usually yields too bad quality to be considered (I won't even begin with Linear). I guess you are running into bug #556248 here (which will be 'fixed' in 2.6.2). That may well be the case. I also noticed huge differences in quality depending on the target image size (tough I almost never scale to exactly 50%). By the way, what kind of downscaling is used for the view zooming? It is usually quite good (even with odd scaling factors). I wouldn't mind having a comparable quality in the final result. Cheers, Joern ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
Re: [Gimp-developer] Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 01:44 +0100, Joern P. Meier wrote: [...] By the way, what kind of downscaling is used for the view zooming? GEGL is doing that. I have found that for scanned engravings, where I often scale down to 11% or smaller, that GIMP 2.6 is not only much faster, but usually has much better results. Sometimes I scale down part-way with Lancsoz and then the rest of the way with cubic, though, to minimise artefacts. Applying a convolution filter (a blur, in this case) before scaling down, or using Value Propagate with more black (for an engraving or woodcut) can also make a really huge improvement sometimes. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/ Ankh: irc.sorcery.net irc.gnome.org www.advogato.org ___ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
