MrPioe

thanks guys

yes i am aware I can set priority and affinity through Tack manager "each time" i run it, however you cannot set a max cpu usage, however I suppose this can also be overcome by disabling affinity on one cpu.... but I also understand implementing this big of a change could be of great time consumption, and inexperienced users could goof it up and whine at you.... the GPU Render idea was only a recommend for additional data render at faster pace, however I suppose not necessary I thought the Star Trek bridge comment was funny as far as a plugin manager, with icon function and ability to customize U.I., I can Understand why not, maybe it could be designed as a add-on or plug-in and I am aware and as a word of advice to those who wine about theyre UI being different, tell them to save their favorite dlls and alike for theyre functions into a "effects" and "adjustments" folder on a flash stick, DVD, CD etc... and paste it to the forum I can understand your head ache with the issues of crash reporting and dealing with inexperienced users... as far as most users, they probably didnt custom pick and design every aspect of the computer they use, and also tweak the OS as much as i have, though not to the point of unstable and personally I prefer to stick with free and Open Source type software, and aside from that, Photoshop is what I used to use, but the cost is a killer however personally, I think you got a work of art of a program so far, keep it up and yeah I get the analogy about the BMW, however I do love the Automated-Manuel Transmission Combo in them LOL, Take care and by the way, what was it that drew your attention to my post? that was the biggest thing I noticed, I didnt expect to get a response from even a development member, at least not til I had had a billion posts about the subjects.... My Car May be a Pinto, But my PC is a Ferrari (joke, funny, however not true about the car) Thanks for taing the time also....

Also the current selection tool slows all systems even x64 8-core@3.2 w/12gb 1600 Ram, 2 pci express 16x sli 1gb, once you begin to get really far into selection it can slow it on an x86 the same as an x64, and i am running 7 Pro, win sub scores CPU Calc 7.6, Ram Calc. 7.8, Graphics 7.0, Gaming Graphics 7.0, HDD 5.9 in major selections the selection tool cannot even keep up with the mouse on x86 let alone x64, other than that Overall I have very little issues with the program, and think it was very well done... especially the effect and plug-in adding ability being so easy, however I do feel that it would be better if there was also an advanced stting that allowed you to move and directly import the effects and other plug-ins as well as allow for better placement and addition of custom icons when the plug-in has no icon

Also if you would review the main ideas of the original post, and give some feed back it would be a plus

also under extreme use where it said user set as above, what I was saying was, to have default settings set first and any modifications from there would have to be done by user. is the reason for the complete disregard for this because you think it is a stupid idea, a bad idea, you don't wish to reprogram it into your programs core, or what, at least being able to customize cpu core# affinity would be great

It would be helpful for people with knowledge base of pc structure as builders, repair Techs and power users who have little money and like the program you have written, I appreciate the direct response, however it could be a use at your own risk funtion and I would like to enquire as to why you wouldn't implement these functions where as a simple warning before allowing access to those functions lettting the user know that improper use of these functions could cause system/program stability or overall performance issues, and that using these functions is not recomended or supported by the Author and Developer and any use of this function would be at the users risk. this function was not meant to be a plug-in

If They created A seperated mini-program to reset the GUI to default, and place the shortcut in the program directory

I wasrefering to defining Processor Affinity, aswell as GPU Affinity, and when to kick them into gear, in example, if you are working on a 16+ megapixel image and rendering an effect or pluggin, to then seek not only the affinity of all 8 cores of an 8 core system, but to also allow overflow to specific setting onto GPU such as set high priority on CPU and set above normal or hgh for GPU and set affinity of GPU cores and for all these setting also allow for max percentage use of specific cores for GPU and CPU, or CPU and GPU seperate, aswell as allowing priority change during certain functions, example of use ______________________________________________________________ Easy Mode Add a check box to each settings list listed bellow for functions: Use All But One CPU, Do Not Use GPU for Processing, Use All But One GPU for Processing (if previous listed option is not checked), Under Normal use CPU-All: Priority=Default(Normal); Max Load Percentage=**% GPU-All: Default Under Heavy Use CPU-All: Priority=Above Normal; Max Load Percentage=**% GPU-All: Priority=Above Normal; Max Load Percentage=**% Under Extreme Use CPU-All: Priority=High; Max Load Percentage=**% GPU-All: Priority=High; Max Load Percentage=**% ______________________________________________________________________ Advanced Mode ------------------------------------------ Under Normal use Set Core(s): CPU1: Affinity=On(Use); Priority=Normal; Max Load=**% CPU2: Affinity=On(Use); Priority=Normal; Max Load=**% CPU3: Affinity=On(Use); Priority=Normal; Max Load=**% CPU4: Affinity=On(Use); Priority=Normal; Max Load=**% CPU5: Affinity=On(Use); Priority=Normal; Max Load=**% CPU6: Affinity=On(Use); Priority=Normal; Max Load=**% CPU7: Affinity=On(Use); Priority=Normal; Max Load=**% CPU8: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A GPU1: Affinity=On(Use); Priority=Normal; Max Load=50% GPU2: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A ------------------------------------ Under Heavy Use User Set as above ------------------------------------ Under Extreme Use User Set as above Add Custum Entry Setting Example Minimalist Mode CPU1: Affinity=On(Use); Priority=Normal; Max Load=100% CPU2: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A CPU3: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A CPU4: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A CPU5: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A CPU6: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A CPU7: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A CPU8: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A GPU1: Affinity=Default(Program Managed); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A GPU2: Affinity=Off(Do Not Use); Priority=N/A; Max Load=N/A _________________________________________________________________ Other Info about this Idea ------------------------------------------- automatically raise mode in Easy Mode, with a check box to enable manual change(would be opposite in Advanced Mode) The above mentioned check box would be connected(depending on settings)to an up and down arrow on the quick function buttons menu on the GUI, or a drop down menu That is the Gist of that Idea

My thoughts are that it would be nice to be able to add new menus to menu bar a Customize feature that would allow the user to place add-on pluggins such as printer+ in the File Menu, to create New Menus such as a menu in which sub menus can be created and the user can move effect and other functions into these menus, or create additional shortcuts in these sections, also be-able to delete effect and adjustment related files from within a plug-in customize mode feature, also install in new effect/adjustment/etc dll's from inside the program or disable/enable them. auto detection of multiple copies of dll's, and scan for most up to date, with user prompt to delete older or not ask again. also a text selection mask type text would be a very big benefit and a selection tool similar to the Free-Form Selection tool from MS-Paint where you click in the next point you want the selection to continue to, then close with a CTRL left click or so... as without a USB Pen or Stylus device it is very difficult to do a perfect selection... ability to add custom windows into "windows" menu, i.e. alternate Palettes, Alternate Tool Sets, enhanced Layers window that switches to an Animations style display for gif and agif, etc, switches to an animated cursor, or animated icon display with play and frame as layer select, as for icon and alike, allowing different icons to be displayed in the layer list in correct size instead of all layers being same size, and all icon layers being listed by colr bit and size, etc... ability to extract, modify or implant icons into dlls and executables create or load ICL(icon libraries), create icon dlls... Page preview with adjustable margin control, better ability to show true picture size when printed(reguardless of dpi) or to allow scaling, ability to print with the included print support recognition of your printer aswell as other built in print modes not provided by your printer software GPU & CPU + full multi-threaded/multicore utilization and Combined processing for large size images and layers and possible resort to pagefile usage as additional last resort. these are some ideas, if you like, then take 'em and run with 'em, but do let me know, as it would be a great benefit