[Gegl-developer] blurb about gegl

[David Gowers]

Hello Martin!

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Martin Nordholts <enselic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nicolas Robidoux wrote:
>> Hello all.
>>
>> GEGL is expected to bring non-destructive
>> editing, high dynamic range, and large image support to the next major
>> release of the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program).
>
> Hi
>
> The only thing that I found somewhat inaccurate is the "and large image
> support" bit. GIMP already has support for 260000 x 260000 images which
> I would call large. Did you refer to something other than image
> dimensions with "large" perhaps?

I thought by this that Nicolas meant better handling. Because
currently, large images are pretty slow, and eat more memory than is
strictly necessary ( I certainly find them unusable for any kind of
intensive painting or manipulation). Perhaps 'better large image
handling' instead?

David