rich2005 wrote:
A Gimp 2.8 version ? I have one of those tucked away. From Gimp 2.8.22 Unzip, pop it into your user profile plugins folder. Find it bottom of Filters -> Distorts along with the other non-GEGL filters
Thanks a lot rich2005
I did many tries and comparison, with the 2.4, the 2.8 and the GEGL...
The 2.8 is capable of drawing (while triangle is selected) and horizontal transparent line with the other black or white...
2.4 and 2.8 are faster than GEGL, but can have some unexpected behavior depending on what color it is drawing, and may have some bug (like need to deactivate then activate again the FG/BG to get the right color) where GEGL is consistent and feel bug-less .
The drawing itself is the same as GEGL (that tiny shadow for example) but with GEGL you have more options which can "trick" that shadow to not appear.
In the end I did remove 2.4/2.8 as GEGL might be a little bit slower, but IMO it's a big improvement compared to 2.4, and 2.8... like night and day
In all case thanks a lot @contrast_ and @rich2005 for providing these version, it was very useful to me for these tests