About the next G'MIC surprise

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Ok, thanks.
I do not know much about masks :oops:

So, how I can know and select what is a perfect red (or perfect color) to use?

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

The 'pencil' tool in the GIMP toolbox allows to easily draw a stroke with a single 'pure' color (without aliasing effects).This is what I used for my experiments.

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Sorry, it was obvious that I had to use the Pencil Tool and a solid brush. I do not know what I was thinking.
Now I'm uploaded the file again with some extras painted regions:
http://www.fileswap.com/dl/muk1p6GMiV/i ... 1.xcf.html
It took 53 seconds to complete the task in an Athlon 64 X2 4800+ (2500MHz), GIMP 2.8.4 Kubuntu 64bits. Default filter values.

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

There are some news concerning the upcoming patch-based inpainting algorithm in G'MIC.
I've just finished the integration of our 'automatic blending' method in the inpainting filter. This step is really interesting because instead of just copy/pasting patches in the inside of the inpaint mask, it also blends them to reduce block artefacts.
Here are two examples that demonstrates how it works. I will release a new beta package of G'MIC with this feature included tonight.

2-ton · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:31 pm **(#25)**

That look fantastic!

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

Now I think I've finished the integration of the complete inpainting algorithm, so I will probably release a new stable version of G'MIC soon (1.5.5.1). Here is another example of what you can (easily) achieve with this filter. Very nice and fun to use indeed !

eulu · **Joined:** Aug 06, 2012 **Posts:** 13

I look forward to trying this. You guys are amazing.

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

Some more news about the inpainting features, with some additional figures to show the differences with other existing inpainting algorithms, and to show why the blending step rocks

I hope I can release the new version with this feature on next monday.

First, a summary of what it can do :

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Second, a comparison with other algorithms :

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Hope you'll enjoy it as much as I do. Playing with this filter is indeed very fun and exciting. The problem is that I sometimes want too much from it, and then I'm disappointed by some results that are not good enough (finding the good parameters is not really easy for me right now).

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12775

This is some of the best inpainting results that I've ever seen David. I sometimes use Inpaint 4.7 (a freebie from Give-away-of-the-day site; they give this gem away once or twice a year) but the results from G'MIC is far superior. Now if you can only use G'MIC to create crop circles then I can even replace Resynthesizer. lol

MareroQ · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 1:32 pm **(#30)**

Prote question - because for many incomprehensible.
Simple instructions for use? - Step by step ....

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Thanks David.
Those comparisons are amazing!
I've updated the filter and I am having the following error (mask by color):

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*** Error in. / Gimp_repair / * if / * repeat / * local / *** Command '-repair': Invalid argument '[1], 11,33,2,16,0,0.05,10,1' .

And using "opaque regions in top layer", it makes no change. I admit, maybe I'm doing something wrong.

Edit: You forget it. I compiled the new beta and now I do not get the error message.
But I still can not make it work the "opaque regions in top layer" mode.
Edit2: You forget again. I chose "all" in "input layer" and now "opaque regions in top layer" it works.
Thank you.

jayprich · **Posted:** Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:30 pm **(#32)**

looks like you have put a space .. there must be be no spaces in any arguments

YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

David, you and Maxime have done an amazing job with this filter. Only one pass filter and the result is excellent:

I would just like to have available a preview, or to learn exactly what function does each variable in the filter.

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

Nice to see someone else succeeded in using it!
At least it shows this is not an elaborated April fool :-)

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

Some other few examples I've made today. Still a lot of fun to use!

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YAFU · **Joined:** Nov 09, 2011 **Posts:** 726

Oh yeah! Usually people who appear in the photo ruin a good landscape :hehe

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

people *and* goats

Oregonian · **Posted:** Thu Mar 28, 2013 11:59 am **(#38)**

That's astonishing. Can't wait for v1.5.5.1. :wh

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

That sure is cool, looks like it is going to out do resynthesizer. The top scene with all those people, do you paint over them all with a red brush, then run the script?

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

No, I did it character by character, sometimes changing the filters parameters, but mostly doing CTRL+F for repeating the operation several times.
Actually, this is faster to perform several inpainting on small masks than a single one on a big mask.