Re: [pygame] GIMP-like image enhancement?

[Daniel Joyce <daniel.a.joyce@worldnet.att.net>]

> Hmmm, are you implying that PIL isn't as optimized as these things?  I've
> been wondering about that, for the amount of code that PIL has for
> filtering is negligible, and at a cursory glance it sure appears
> unoptimized...
>
> Normally I don't give a damn about execution speed, but image filtering
> seems like an obvious bottleneck judging from how long it takes GIMP to
> clothify.
>
> -Jasper

Why not fudge it?

Make a tileable clothe-like pattern with some alpha, and apply it (alpha 
blend) over your map to generate the clothe look? Why shoot for ultra-realism 
anyway? ( Gimp clothify ain't that good ). Just make a cloth 'brush' and 
apply that to your image. Heck, you could generate a sample texture in gimp 
using clothify, and make the brush from that.

-Daniel

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