[Gimp-developer] gimp-ace2 plugin

[gg at catking.net]

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:40:16 +0200, <martweb at arcor.de> wrote:

> Ask Alex Stark as the original algorithm comes from him but I think he  
> just had an idea to improve it but didn't further investigate it.

Maybe you could ask him if he's your co-dev. You could presumably ask a  
more relevant qu. than anyone new to the code.

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>  "Alexandre Prokoudine" <alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com> schrieb:
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> On 10/23/06, martweb at arcor.de wrote:
>> I am the a codeveloper of the gimp-ace2 plugin
>> (http://registry.gimp.org/plugin?idR21). I would be very happy
>> if this usefull plugin would be added to GIMP-2.3.x.
>
> Please don't it as offence, but last time I investigated ACE (ca. 4
> months ago), developers (you) were unsure about part of algorithms.
> Was it resolved then?
>
> Ahhh, this is what I'm talking about:
>
> http://gimp-plug-ins.sourceforge.net/ace/help.html
>
> "We're seeking better solutions to the problem described under the
> color method section above, but we seem to have exhausted our
> expertise. Input is welcome."
>
> Alexandre

Well it looks useful on the face of it and the colour issue seems to be a  
minor technical one.

There are plugins in Gimp that seem less finished than ACE2 seems to be,  
maybe it's worth considering.

I'd call it a distortion filter rather than an enhancement but it's an  
interesting effect that could be useful.
http://www.mdag.org/users/stark/improc/first.html

According to:
http://www.mdag.org/users/stark/improc/cace/index.html
This document describes the method used by the Adaptive Contrast  
Enhancement (ACE) package for colour images. (Note that this is only  
implemented for the command-line and Tk versions of the software; the GIMP  
plug in may be updated once a decision is made. The pictures in my web  
pages were generated using this method.)

Does the plugin now produce the results on the Ace home page , if not what  
does it do?

gg