Multitile - abandoned filter ?

http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10562#p139682
http://gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1300&hilit=Multitile&start=60#p17866

It's just not very successful attempt - the need for an encoder to change the code.
Although the build environment for Windows Gimp 2.8.10 ended without errors - it works badly .
A little better for Gimp 2.6
In menu Gimp: Filters/Map/Multitile

Yes i tried to build as 64 bit plug-in and got CPU errors.
After building successfully as a 32 bit plug-in i had very bad behavior also. Mostly the plug-in will just freeze up for some reason.

I do appreciate the effort, but I see no issue keeping GIMP 1.2.4 around; it can be run at the same time as my 64-bit 2.8x GIMP can. lol

Still, if you folk succeed, I'll have a big smile on my face.

Got it working in linux 32 bit, (is that the same as Graechan?) do not know about Win.

This is the dialog.



and a result



It does take some time to 'think' about events.
Click on the symmetry option and a delay for the menu to show. Click on OK and a delay for it to render. Easy to assume that the plugin has stalled.

I am no expert when it comes to compiling. First run with gimptool-2.0 generated an error. A bit of digging and needed to add
-lm to the generated gcc command line ie "gcc -lm -all-the-rest-of-the-command..."

FWIW the 32 bit plugin attached, no guarantees that it will work on your installation.

Thank you all for testing
Just out of curiosity - for comparison of the performance:
who can share scripts and plugins for GIMP 1.XX Windows version?

Might be interested in a shot of the PS plugin that inspired MultiTile - Xaos Terrazzo - it does make excellent seamless tiles. (tried it with shellout/xnview also pspi - no good)




Maybe something for the Gmic experts to consider

That linux plugin is so slow, effectively useless. 20 secs for the drop down menu, another 20 secs for the option to apply. But then minutes if you try and drag the selection, and much longer to render. Lack of any indication of working is a big drawback. Quite heavy on CPU usage, I saw 30% (3GHz 2-core). In linux, I got results by setting it going, moving to another desktop and forgetting about it.
Looking in my archives, I have a Windows Gimp 1.2 + GTK 1.3 so I must have used it sometime, but nothing in the way of scripts/plugins.

Unfortunately, I don't have this filter but Irfanview has had a lot of success running PS filters that even XNView could not. Might give that a try Rich.

when compiling source from here: SourceForge
Because of malware being found in SourceForge downloads, this link has been removed.

if failed with:
mt-geometry.h:30:17: error: ‘stypes’ undeclared (first use in this function)
tint.s_type = stypes[(int) tint.symmetry_type];

How this could ever get compiled, I wonder...