Ed Harvey Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Ed is pleased to announce Fast Effects AKA "FastFx". Please us this link until @Ed Harvey can change his links: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ld5k1cqhd98lc10/EdHarvey_Edfects_FastFX_20090519.zip?dl=0 ( Here is a version that works with paint.net V4... EdHarvey-FastFx-4-0-5120.zip ) not working Download here:EdHarvey_Edfects_FastFX_20090519.zip not working These are replacements for existing paint.net effects that have been optimised for speed. How much faster? Lots... In practice, most are pretty-much instantaneous with a moderate sized-image and modern machine... All can be found in the Effects->FastFx menu folder Fast Blur 10 to 200 times faster than 'gaussian blur', depending on radius. Edge handling differs from the paint.net version and this effect does NOT handle alpha 'correctly', otherwise same quality as the built-in effect... Pencil Sketch 15 to 20 times faster. This effect is not exactly the same as the paint.net version, but the results are broadly similar. Glow 8 to 20 times faster. This effect should be visually identical to the paint.net version; although exact pixel values will differ in some places, these differences are small (typically 1 level). Soften Portrait 15 to 40 times faster. This effect should be visually identical to the paint.net version; although exact pixel values will differ in some places, these differences are small (typically 1 level). Hue / Saturation 15 to 50 times faster. This effect is both faster and better behaved than the paint.net version [Edit: since this pack was released, we have incorporated the speed improvements from this version of Hue/Saturation into Paint.Net itself (I can't remember that exact version this change was made, although it was at least a year ago...) The effect remains useful however because it has a different behaviour as described below - we couldn't incorporate that into Paint.Net as it would be a 'breaking change' in functionality ] For example, here is a spectrum/saturation wedge... If we use paint.net to rotate the hue by 71 everthing is ok. But if we rotate hue by 71 and increase saturation to 170, things go rather nasty If we use the fast version... much better (although not as nice as 'Soft Saturation' ) Have fun [edited 2012-01-30: new download link] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 I notice that there is FastBlur_x64.dll and FastBlur_x86.dll. Sorry for being such a dummy, but which one do I need to install along with the EdHarvey.FastFx.dll? I have 64bit Win7 Home Premium. Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 The x64 DLL is the one that'll be used, but installing both should work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Harvey Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 I notice that there is FastBlur_x64.dll and FastBlur_x86.dll. Sorry for being such a dummy, but which one do I need to install along with the EdHarvey.FastFx.dll? Just chuck both of them in there - It will figure out which one it needs ( If you really care about the extra 20K or so of disk space... FastBlur_x64.dll for 64 bit, FastBlur_x86.dll for 32 bit ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 (edited) OK thanks. Wow! They are fast. Nice one Ed. Thanks a lot. Edited May 3, 2010 by Goonfella Quote Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 'pressive! Gaussian at 200 radius is ~10 times slower than Fast at 250. Offtopic - does anyone know of a good free benchmarking software (usable for benching PdN and the likes)? Edit by Rick: You're right, that is off topic! Please don't hijack Ed's thread for this. You should know better. Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedLemon Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 I keep getting "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" is this a broken link or my ISP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpart Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Nope. Its been gone for some time now. Quote *** Gallery at PDN-Fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedLemon Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Nope. Its been gone for some time now. So are these fastFX not included in Ed Harvey Effects v 3.5 http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/18811-ed-harvey-effects-v-35/ and if not why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Harvey Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Doh! The server that hosted these files disappeared in a puff of 'magic smoke' some months ago - I thought I'd redirected all the links, but obviously I overlooked this one I've fixed-up the link, so give it another go... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Harvey Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 So are these fastFX not included in Ed Harvey Effects v 3.5 http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/18811-ed-harvey-effects-v-35/ and if not why not? The reason that they are not in the main pack is that they are somewhat more experimental, and they duplicate functionality in PdN (albeit faster versions). These effects trade memory consumption for speed and so it is possible (although generally unlikely) that they could fail in machines with low installed memory, or if the image is very large... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpart Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Ooops. Apologies all around. Looks like I was off the mark there in regards to this being considered potentially eclipsed (barring the exception of the hue/sat in some ways). New link works. Much appreciated. Quote *** Gallery at PDN-Fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Harvey Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Ooops. Apologies all around. Looks like I was off the mark there in regards to this being considered potentially eclipsed (barring the exception of the hue/sat in some ways). New link works. Much appreciated. No worries. I have been lamentably negligent in checking the forums in recent times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpart Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Well, now that is much faster. And I definitely found a use for that version of hue/sat. And for this dinosaur who cant use the GPU blurs I have at least one for when I decide to push my luck with a large image. Now if only someone can make splinter blur faster I think I'd be set for a while. (Not hinting, just thinking out loud as its painfully slow for me.) Quote *** Gallery at PDN-Fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Harvey Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Now if only someone can make splinter blur faster I think I'd be set for a while. (Not hinting, just thinking out loud as its painfully slow for me.) I did have a look at it a while back, but there isn't much that I can do to improve the performance; It's just an expensive effect! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpart Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 That's really good to know actually. I kept comparing it to ray tracing (similarity but probably not that close) and since it doesn't use the GPU ... Quote *** Gallery at PDN-Fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Harvey Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 That's really good to know actually. I kept comparing it to ray tracing (similarity but probably not that close) and since it doesn't use the GPU ... For every pixel in the effect output it has to examine (#splinters × distance) pixels and, unlike blurs, there are no neat mathematical 'tricks' that one can use to reduce that number 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Appreciate the fix, Ed! Now I can take advantage of my 64-bit computer, unless it doesn't really matter here, and see how fast it whiz! Quote Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Harvey Posted June 22, 2014 Author Share Posted June 22, 2014 Since we are now at the release candidate stage, here is a version that works with paint.net V4... EdHarvey-FastFx-4-0-5120.zip [ link also placed on first post ] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDale Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 Nice one Ed, thank indeed. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeathSpecteR Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Hi Ed Harvey, Unfortunately, this link cannot be opened either on the first page or on the last one from 2014. If set as Active in the plugin index from May 2018, it still cannot be opened. The corresponding message: Error (404) lifeday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 4 hours ago, lifeday said: Hi Ed Harvey, Unfortunately, this link cannot be opened either on the first page or on the last one from 2014. If set as Active in the plugin index from May 2018, it still cannot be opened. The corresponding message: Error (404) lifeday Many thanks @lifeday for pointing this out. I will add a new link on the 1st page, until @Ed Harvey logs in again to change it. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ld5k1cqhd98lc10/EdHarvey_Edfects_FastFX_20090519.zip?dl=0 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeday Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Dear Pixey! Wonderful, I have the plugin now and I am very happy. Many thanks to you Greetings from Hamburg lifeday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickdwaters Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Dropbox giving 404 when attempting to dl the v4 zip file. Ack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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