03-03-2023, 05:11 PM
(03-03-2023, 04:01 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: The core loop in OGAP is just stroking paths. But stroking a path on a big image takes a long time. It has been found that making a rough selection of the vicinity around the path can speed things up quite a bit.
This said OGAP is slow by design, since it will stroke the path many times (and double that if there is transparency in the gradient).
Thank you for the response and the selection trick. I have a big image, and am selecting away half of any stroke. I am really wondering about the effect of greyscale vs RGB on the stroke process. Based on the effects in ofn-gradient-along-path, it seems like greyscale strokes take longer than RGB strokes. I was wondering if there is a way to avoid that slow down either by calling a different stroke procedure, or calling it in a different way. I realize it might not be possible.