Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4

2008-10-28 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 04:01 -0700, Claus Berghammer wrote: Since there is no explanation WHY the algorithm was rewritten, I guess 2 possible reasons: 1.)The old code did something wrong in some cases 2.)The new code was necessary due to GEGL integration For the first

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4

2008-10-28 Thread Claus Berghammer
Hello... @Eric P: Upscaling image: 500px - 5000px (bicubic): Gimp 2.6.1: 35,21 sec Gimp 2.4.7: 6,9 sec Downscaling layer: Image is 5000x5000 px, 2 white layers Scaling top layer to 2500x2500px (bicubic): Gimp 2.6.1: 7,85 sec Gimp 2.4.7: 4,78 sec @Sven Neumann: Thanks for your hint on the

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4

2008-10-28 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 04:01 -0700, Claus Berghammer wrote: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557950 I have done some more tests and I tend to agree that the multi-pass scaling doesn't improve the quality when upscaling. It's a very simple change to get upscaling perform more

[Gimp-user] Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4

2008-10-27 Thread Claus Berghammer
Hello Gimp Users and Developers, This is a follow up of Bug 557950 (which in fact isn't a bug, according to Sven Neumann ;-) http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557950 As described in the “Bug”, scaling in Gimp 2.6 series is far slower, than it was in 2.4. Sven Neumann commented: “We

Re: [Gimp-user] Scaling in Gimp 2.6 is much slower than in Gimp 2.4

2008-10-27 Thread Eric P
Claus Berghammer wrote: Hello Gimp Users and Developers, This is a follow up of Bug 557950 (which in fact isn't a bug, according to Sven Neumann ;-) http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=557950 As described in the “Bug”, scaling in Gimp 2.6 series is far slower, than it was in 2.4.