Re: [Gimp-developer] patch for scale-region.c

2008-08-29 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 22:38 +0200, Geert Jordaens wrote: What are your doubts with the new code? Why would a simple box-filter be better for decimating? My doubts with the current approach are manifold: The current code has decimation routines, but they are only suited for the

Re: [Gimp-developer] patch for scale-region.c

2008-08-29 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, I also started to play with some enhancements on top of the patch we are discussing here. Using a steep gaussian filter instead of the plain box filter seems to be a good compromise. It's better at suppressing Moire patterns, at the cost of introducing a little blur. I have not yet finished

Re: [Gimp-developer] patch for scale-region.c

2008-08-29 Thread Alastair M. Robinson
Hi Sven Neumann wrote: As already explained in my previous mail, the decimation routines are only used for the pre-scaling steps. As soon as the image is close enough to the final size, the chosen interpolation routine is used. This gives continuous results for all scale factors as there is

Re: [Gimp-developer] patch for scale-region.c

2008-08-29 Thread Geert Jordaens
Alastair M. Robinson wrote: Hi Sven Neumann wrote: As already explained in my previous mail, the decimation routines are only used for the pre-scaling steps. As soon as the image is close enough to the final size, the chosen interpolation routine is used. This gives continuous results

Re: [Gimp-developer] patch for scale-region.c

2008-08-29 Thread Geert Jordaens
Sven Neumann wrote: Hi, On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 22:38 +0200, Geert Jordaens wrote: What are your doubts with the new code? Why would a simple box-filter be better for decimating? My doubts with the current approach are manifold: The current code has decimation routines, but

Re: [Gimp-developer] patch for scale-region.c

2008-08-29 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 14:15 +0200, Sven Neumann wrote: I also started to play with some enhancements on top of the patch we are discussing here. Using a steep gaussian filter instead of the plain box filter seems to be a good compromise. It's better at suppressing Moire patterns, at the

[Gimp-developer] Proposal for 2.6 splash screen.

2008-08-29 Thread Alexia Death
Hi, I noticed that there was a lack of splashes for 2.6 so I made one for an option. Here it is for your appraisal: http://a.death.pri.ee/gimp-splash2.png Best, Alexia PS: This is a photo manipulation, not a painting. The base image is a photo of a sand sculpture altered with some processing

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal for 2.6 splash screen.

2008-08-29 Thread Alexia Death
After an idea on IRC (thanks Martin!) the text on it got reworked into this: http://a.death.pri.ee/gimp-splash3.png that seems better. On Friday 29 August 2008 23:26:57 Alexia Death wrote: Hi, I noticed that there was a lack of splashes for 2.6 so I made one for an option. Here it is for

Re: [Gimp-developer] Proposal for 2.6 splash screen.

2008-08-29 Thread Henk Boom
2008/8/29 Alexia Death [EMAIL PROTECTED]: After an idea on IRC (thanks Martin!) the text on it got reworked into this: http://a.death.pri.ee/gimp-splash3.png that seems better. That looks really nice! One thing I suggest is to make the GIMP logo a bit brighter, I don't think it stands out quite