[HN Gopher] G'mic 3.4.0: Image Processing in Its Prime
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       G'mic 3.4.0: Image Processing in Its Prime
        
       Author : dtschump
       Score  : 53 points
       Date   : 2024-06-23 16:11 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | dtschump wrote:
       | A new version 3.4.0 of G'MIC (GREYC's Magic for Image Computing)
       | has just been released. With this new release, we celebrate the
       | project's 16th anniversary!
       | 
       | On this occasion, we summarize the recent features added to our
       | open-source framework for digital image processing.
        
         | vanderZwan wrote:
         | Thank you for G'MIC! The FFT in partiqular has been a life-
         | saver on multiple occasions, letting me denoise specific
         | patterns out various old images and photos.
        
         | imperialdrive wrote:
         | I just passed a lot of time going through all the
         | examples/demos--render me impressed!
        
       | probably_wrong wrote:
       | I spent hours trying to get the content-aware-fill-equivalent to
       | work in Gimp (which was unhappy with the Python2/3 issue) until I
       | noticed that G'mic was already installed and worked just fine.
       | 
       | If you're a Gimp user you may already have this plugin.
        
         | nullc wrote:
         | Why not use the resynthesizer plugin?
         | https://github.com/bootchk/resynthesizer
         | 
         | I haven't used it for a while because stable diffusion is much
         | more powerful, but resynthesizer is pretty good for many kinds
         | of uses.
        
           | probably_wrong wrote:
           | I was a happy user of this plugin and would still recommend
           | it, as it is indeed easier to use. The problem is that I ran
           | into a bug [1] that would break the rest of my Gimp install.
           | Note that the plan to resolve it is "convert the
           | resynthesizer plugins from Python 2 to Python 3" but AFAIK
           | this hasn't happened yet.
           | 
           | This bug occurs in one computer but not in the other. And
           | once I discovered G'mic I honestly lost the drive to dig
           | deeper into why this happens.
           | 
           | [1] https://github.com/bootchk/resynthesizer/issues/88
        
       | zubspace wrote:
       | G'mic is a great tool. I use the QT-Plugin for Krita.
       | 
       | The only problem I have is that I don't use it very much and if I
       | do, I'm just overwhelmed by all the effects and parameters. I'm
       | sure there's great value there... But, if you don't know exactly
       | what you're looking for? Well, be prepared to click around for
       | ages finding something cool. I have no idea how to improve that,
       | but I find it annoying.
       | 
       | It would be also great for the effects to not be destructive.
       | Like using it with filter layers. But unfortunately this seems
       | not to be possible.
        
       | kkfx wrote:
       | I like the already present "Repair Scanned Document", it's not
       | always perfect but in many case cleanup automatically enough
       | without spending a minute more.
        
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