Hi, some time has gone since my last plug-in port to GEGL. I would like to know if some reflections has already been made concerning some technical issues that made several plug-ins' ports problematic :
1. Plug-ins that enlarge (or reduce) the drawable size Currently, Gimp does not take into account the resulting output buffer extent of the gegl operation. - Filters > Light and Shadow > Drop shadow - Filters > Map > Tile - Filters > Distorts > Curve bend 2. Plug-ins that produce a new image (may be optional) Should these plug-ins stay gimp plug-ins (to be able to create a new image), and use a gegl graph in them to apply the related operation ? - Filters > Map > Tile - Colors > Info > Smooth palette 3. Plug-ins that use GimpGradient Being able to give a GimpGradient parameter to a gegl op would provide the ability to modify the gradient with the gradient editor, and have on-canvas preview in the same time. I have a wip GradientMapTool that show how useful it could be : http://thomas.manni.free.fr/GimpGradientMapTool-test.webm - Colors > Map > Gradient Map - Filters > Distorts > Pagecurl - Filters > Light and Shadow > Gradient Flare - Filters > Render > Nature > Flame - Filters > Render > Fractal Explorer 4. Plug-ins that use several previews / some kind of editors Some plug-ins provide multiple small previews that simply can not be removed without losing an important aspect of their functionalities. - Colors > Filter Pack - Filters > Render > Pattern > Qbist - Filters > Render > Fractals > Flame - Filters > Light and Shadow > Gradient Flare Thomas Manni _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
