Gimp: 2.8.3 (2)
OS: Win32

Hi.

I changed some of gimps plugins.
Standard is:
(small) Preview first, under it the option sliders or whatever.
Thats not cool.
I Changed to:
(big) preview left, option sliders on the right.

other plugins:

seperate+: changed to lcms2
resynth: recompiled with optimization options: feels about 3 times faster

cool
...32bit only ?

Gimp: 2.8.3 (2)
OS: Win-x64

some in 64 bit
I couldn't compile separate+. I don't know why at the moment.
later... maybe...

It does appear slightly faster. Used it (not share) for another goldenrod render and it worked well. At round the 70% done point, the rest just zipped done too (different behavior then what I am use to with the progress bar) but again, appears faster (but I didn't time the old with the new). Anyway, thanks for sharing the file; using the 64-bit version of Resynthesizer of course.

Thank you for modifying/optimizing plugins.
Where can I get lscm2 library patch (Windows edition)?

You do not need a patch.
Hat you need is a lcms2.dll in path.
It is the newer color management system, that gimp uses.

I thought Elle Stone is still in the process of porting color management module to lscm2.
If she has done it already - it's a great news but probably available only in 2.9 git version, no?

Anyway, new updated separate+ plugin - when I load GIMP, it warns me about missing liblscm2-2.dll files.



Where can I get lscm2.dll? Thanks.

If you have Photivo you'll have, liblcms2-2.dll on your system.
http://photivo.org/photivo/start

Good to hear from you again Onkel Hatti.
Since I use Linux only I can't use them.
Could you please supply it in source?
Any kind of compression is OK.
Many thanks in advance.
Gerard.

Or ImageMagic, which I also don't have. Is Photivo worth installing? I mean, I've been using UFRaw to process raw images.
Can you compare the two, please? Thanks.

There's a couple of Meet The Gimp episodes that show Photivo in use:
http://blog.meetthegimp.org/episode-176-double-photivo/
http://blog.meetthegimp.org/episode-177 ... -and-gimp/

And Rolf's initial introduction to Photivo:
http://meetthegimp.org/episode-160-photivo/

Kevin

Thank you, Kevin!
I've already installed it. I'll watch the videos today.
Now I have Photivo, UFRaw and eLynx on my system.
Gotta do the comparative 'analysis' and get rid of one. Three is too many!
eLynx is a light-weight and robust app, though, it never let me down.
Probably will keep them all.
P.S. having liblscm2-2.dll file on my system and even placing copies of it to the GIMP folders didn't solve the problem,
it still warns me about app not starting correctly

Not easy to compare :
ImageMagick is a command line app so no interface,
Ufraw is mainly to read and convert (even if allow several adjustments)
Photivo is more a graphic editor

and there is even Delaboratory that is even different somehow closer to Photivo as concept

To add even more confusion i much prefer Rawtherapee to UFraw (even if there is not a gimp plugin..but who care in this case ?)

I didn't worked much with raw photo lately...but i saw about 300 cumulated in my camera so this may change now

Thanks for you input to the discussion, PC!
Now I have a real dilemma as to which one I'd prefer, lol!
But it's not good to steal a thread, so we have to get back to the topic

yes back to the theme:
@ Onkel Hatti i installed on my gimp 64 bit, they do really look much better now

could you compile for 64bit also the other plugins, those with a hardcoded preview size to be enlarged ? (gimpressionist, map object,ligthing effect, fractal trace, small tiles,depth merge ...humm i may forget some but i believe i listed the most important )
Actually i am using the 32bit versions on gimp 64 bit but is not ideal...

The first three plugins still exist with larger preview compiled in 64 Bit
The others - I will see. I don't have much time, and mainly, I spend it for 32 Bit gimp.
I don't see the benefit of 64Bit gimp. I have to recompile almost all plug-ins,
that means, that I have to search for the source on web. Thats a disadvantage.
I use gimp 32 for photo retouching my 18MPixel DSLR images and I never saw gimps borders.
Friends of mine have 32bit Win7 and I give them "my" specialized gimp (larger previews of plugins,
lcms2, logarithmic brush size behaviour (like in gimp-2.9.x) and: splash immediately :-) ), so there
is no need for 64bit gimp.
Maybe you can tell me the obvious advantages of 64 bit Gimp for Windows (7).

well i have 8gb ram so for me the advantage is obvious, the 32bit gimp may use only 2gb .

That honestly doesn't speed up gimp so much as i hoped but anyway the 64bit not only is faster but now run more smoothly simultaneously with other resources hungry apps :

Not that the 32bit version (i tested the 32bit portable on the same PC ) it is much slower but Gmic with less RAM aborts more often


This first 3 ? gimpressionist, map object,ligthing effect ..where ?

I have testetd it out, and 64Bit gimp is not faster than 32Bit gimp.
Yes, it uses just 2GB, but I never reached the 2GB border, and my Computer has
32GB RAM. I don't use GMic often, because it is very slow, even with 64Bit.



OK, here:

Thanks Onkel; pretty cool to have a large preview for GIMPressionist.