performance problems and possible remedies?
by Yale Zhang
Hi. I'm using Inkscape to author a comic and the slow speed for certain
things is very annoying. I'm already have OpenMP turned on and using 4
cores.
1. *large blurs are slow* - I'm an expert with writing SIMD code, so I was
thinking about vectorizing the Gaussian IIR filter with SIMD intrinsics,
even though it's harder than for a FIR. But I noticed there isn't any SIMD
code in Inkscape so does that mean it's something to avoid.
I'm pretty sure no current compiler is smart enough to vectorize it, and
besides, Inkscape is compiled with -O2, meaning -ftree-vectorize isn't on
by default.
2. *when there's a large image (raster based) background - scrolling in a
zoomed region is very slow*
I compiled the latest 0.49 code with GCC profiling and it shows this:
33.98 22.47 22.47 exp2l
21.29 36.55 14.08 log2l
17.57 48.17 11.62 pow
7.12 52.88 4.71 658 0.01 0.01
ink_cairo_surface_srgb_to_linear(_cairo_surface*)
6.72 57.32 4.44 563 0.01 0.01
ink_cairo_surface_linear_to_srgb(_cairo_surface*)
5.51 60.96 3.64 1216 0.00 0.00
Inkscape::Filters::FilterGaussian::~FilterGaussian()
5.23 64.42 3.46 internal_modf
0.59 64.81 0.39 _mcount_private
0.41 65.08 0.27 __fentry__
0.12 65.16 0.08 GC_mark_from
0.09 65.22 0.06 5579 0.00 0.00
Geom::parse_svg_path(char const*, Geom::SVGPathSink&)
0.06 65.26 0.04 35320 0.00 0.00
bounds_exact_transformed(std::vector<Geom::Path,
std::allocator<Geom::Path> > const&, Geom::Affine const&)
0.06 65.30 0.04 8 0.01 0.01
convert_pixbuf_normal_to_argb32(_GdkPixbuf*)
0.05 65.33 0.03 885444 0.00 0.00
std::vector<Geom::Linear, std::allocator<Geom::Linear>
>::_M_fill_insert(__gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<Geom::Linear*,
std::vector<Geom::Linear, std::allocator<Geom::Linear> > >, unsigned long
long, Geom::Linear const&)
The cost is absolutely dominated by ink_cairo_surface_srgb_to_linear() and
ink_cairo_surface_linear_to_srgb(). My first instinct was to optimize
those 2 functions, but then I thought why are those even being called every
time I scroll through the image?
Why not convert the images up front to linear and stay that way in memory?
If that can't be done, then my optimization approach is:
1. replace ink_cairo_surface_srgb_to_linear() with a simple 3rd degree
polynomial approximation (0.902590573087882 - 0.010238759806148x +
0.002825455367280x^2 + 0.000004414767235x^3) and vectorize with SSE
intrinsics. The approximation was calculated by minimizing the square error
(maxError = 0.313) over the range [10, 255]. For x < 10, it uses simple
scaling.
2. replace ink_surface_linear_to_srgb() with a vectorized implementation
of pow(). Unlike srgb_to_linear(), a low degree polynomial can't be used
due to the curve having larger high order derivatives. An alternative would
be piece wise, low order polynomials.
The main question I have is what degree of accuracy is desired? Certainly,
it doesn't need double precision pow() since the input is only 8 bits! Is
+- 0.5 from the true value (before quantization) OK or do people depend on
getting pixel perfect results?
UJ
6 years, 5 months
Create releases more regularly
by Sebastian Zartner
Hi there,
I initially asked at
inkscapeforum.com<http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=15755&p=63224>and
was told to better post my request to this mailing list.
I wonder if it wouldn't be possible to create releases more regularly.
Currently there are many months or even years between each release of
Inkscape.
Bug fixes should get out more quickly and it should be possible to try out
new features of upcoming versions. Most users don't have the possibility to
build Inkscape by their own, so they have to wait for the next release.
Unfortunately the provided development downloads are not synchronized,
hosted on different third-party web sites and out of date (currently
especially the Windows version).
So I suggest to create a (more or less) fixed fast release cycle for normal
releases (e.g. every two or three months) and periodically (e.g. every one
or two weeks) create alpha versions.
Alpha versions should be built (maybe even automatically) for all supported
OSes and hosted directly on inkscape.org.
Sebastian
7 years, 1 month
Impressions on Inkscape after extended usage
by Michael Grosberg
Hello,
In the past several months - closer to a year, actually - I've used Inkscape
in a tight production environment almost daily. I have produced hundreds
of illustrations for a computer-based technical course. During that period
I used Inkscape 0.48.5 and lately switched to test builds and release
candidates of 0.91. All of this time I have kept a list of the problems I ran
into using Inkscape. Some are plain bugs, some are more complex problems for
which I have no idea for a solution. After testing the new version to see
whether some of these problems have gone away, I thought I might share this
document with you.
Before I go on, I just like to say that these are mostly minor points. I am
an avid user and promoter of Inkscape even though my workplace has provided
me with a legal copy of Adobe Illustrator, which I think is inferior in
ease of use. I think Inkscape on the whole is a brilliant piece of software
and I'm thankful for all your efforts. But some problem just kept popping up
again and again.
So without further ado, here's the document (it's a google doc):
http://bit.ly/1yLzn0y
Thank you for any comment or feedback you might have.
- Michael Grosberg
7 years, 1 month
Re: [Inkscape-devel] Devlibs 46 too slow
by Mark Titchener
I tried your modified build with an NVidia Quadro 1000M on Windows 7 and it
seemed okay to me.
> Le Jeudi 21 novembre 2013 9h09, Nicolas Dufour <nicoduf@...48...> a ?crit
> :
> > I'm still investigating the issue, and just found out that the computers
> I
> > used to reproduced the bug were all using an Intel GPU. Tests with an
> nvidia
> > GeForce 210 (GT218) show no slowness at all.
>
> Could some Windows users help me? I'd like to confirm the slowness only
> affects Intel graphics cards. Could you test a modified Inkscape binary
> (from ftp://download.tuxfamily.org/inkscape/inkscape-12282-cairo-1.12.8.7z),
> give your graphic card model and tell me if it's slow or not? IMHO it could
> be a blocker for 0.49 on Windows.
>
>
7 years, 1 month
Jenkins administration
by Johan Engelen
Hi all,
Jenkins, our CI system, has been down for more than a month. It looks
like the disk has filled up, and we need to do clean up / the build
tasks should clean up after themselves better (I suspect it has to do
with storing the results of too many older builds instead of just the
current one plus a few recent builds).
We need an administrator for Jenkins. Currently, I think only me and
Bryce have access, which is not good enough.
Who is interested in maintaining the automatic build/testing system?
Of course, you can tailor the system to your own likes; there is much to
be improved and I think all are open to whatever crazy plans you may
have :-)
http://jenkins.inkscape.org/
regards,
Johan
7 years, 2 months
Developing on Mac
by Michael New
Hey Inkscape developers, I’ve spent the last several years both using Inkscape and working with C++, and I’d really like to contribute to the project now that I have some relevant skills. I develop on macs though, and I can’t seem to find any up-to-date instructions on building for mac. Can anyone point me to some current info?
Thanks for the help, and thanks for everything you guys do.
-Mike
7 years, 3 months
Vertical text & 'text-orientation'
by Tavmjong Bah
Hi,
I've implemented the CSS 3 'text-orientation' property which controls
how glyphs are rendered in vertical text. This property replaces the
'glyph-orientation-vertical' property which Inkscape never implemented
and is deprecated in SVG 2. While doing this work I also corrected some
other layout issues with vertical text and with multi-line text. As
this work is rather invasive I've pushed my changes to a new branch
which can be checked out via:
bzr branch lp:~inkscape.dev/inkscape/writing_modes
Please test this branch!
Here is a list of the most important changes:
* Latin characters in vertical text will be drawn by default sideways.
This is the default direction in both SVG 1.1 and in CSS 3 Writing
Modes. Currently Inkscape draws the glyphs upright.
* Punctuation characters in CJK vertical text will be orientated
correctly.
* The Text Toolbar can be used to set 'text-orientation' which controls
how characters are orientated in vertical text (it has no effect on
horizontal text). The three choices are 'mixed' where the glyphs are
drawn in their Unicode defined natural orientation, 'upright' where all
glyphs are drawn upright, and 'sideways' where all glyphs are drawn
sideways.
* The new CSS 3 values for 'writing-mode' will be recognized. The
values written out are still the SVG 1.1 values except for the new
'vertical-lr' value which has no equivalent SVG 1.1 value (and is
required for Mongolian). A new button appears on the Text Toolbar to
select this value. (The SVG 1.1 values are deprecated but must still be
recognized by SVG renderers.)
* Fonts without vertical metrics will have a vertical advance of 1em.
The CSS specification explicitly does not define what advance to use
but the SVG 1.1 spec suggests 1em and the W3C Japanese text document
specified an advance of 1em.
* In laying out multi-line text, any 'leading' value from the font is
ignored. CSS dictates that the font-size corresponds to the em height
of a font which is defined as 'ascent' + 'descent'. The change to
ignore the "internal" font 'leading' may make small visual changes in
how multi-line text appears.
* In flowed text, Inkscape has been using a "scaled" value of 'ascent'
to position the first line. This has been changed to follow the correct
CSS prescription of using the value of 'half-leading' + normal 'ascent'
for horizontal text (to find the alphabetic baseline) and 'half
-leading' + half em width for vertical text (to find the center
baseline). (The 'leading' in this case is the extra space needed
between lines as dictated by the 'line-height' property. It is not the
'internal' font 'leading'.)
Tav
7 years, 4 months
Any Inkscape gurus here got any game / animation experience?
by Philip Rhoades
People,
I am going to develop an Open Source interactive game for designing the
neural architecture of a VERY simple alien organism - for research
purposes. I am thinking that Inkscape is a sort of (more complicated)
version of the interface that that would be required. During the game,
after a bit of design, the alien organism should animate to some extent
(depending how good the design is) because of the nerves interacting
with the muscles and other cell organelles - which all correspond to SVG
objects - is this a sensible method of proceeding?
Thanks,
Phil.
--
Philip Rhoades
PO Box 896
Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
E-mail: phil@...1587...
7 years, 4 months
Board Meeting @ Friday Oct 2nd, 2015
by Bryce Harrington
Hi all,
We'll be holding an Inkscape Committee meeting this Friday the 2nd of
October, on #inkscape-devel, at 1900 UTC (Noon PDT / 9pm CEST)
http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings
All in the Inkscape community are welcome to attend.
Our agenda is open for any new business.
Thanks,
Bryce
----- Forwarded message from Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...8...> -----
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 17:28:13 +0200
From: Tavmjong Bah <tavmjong@...8...>
To: Bryce Harrington <bryce@...961...>, inkscape-board(a)lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Inkscape-board] Proposal for board meeting
An IRC meeting is an excellent idea.
Any day at noon PDT (9 PM CEST) is OK with me. Thursdays I have an SVG
WG meeting at 1:30 PM PDT (10:30 CEST).
My agenda items would be:
C++11
Hackfest 2016
Paid development
Tav
On Sun, 2015-09-27 at 12:20 -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Now that our board is re-manned, I'm thinking it'd make sense to call
> a
> meeting on IRC. I don't have anything major to discuss myself, but
> I'll bet the rest of you have some good ideas to float.
>
> How does some time first week of October sound? Thursday Oct 1st?
> Or
> would the weekend be better? I seem to recall that before we met at
> noon pacific time; would such a time be impossible for anyone?
>
> http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Board_Meetings
>
> As far as agenda goes, I don't have anything to suggest - this past
> year
> we've accomplished so much! I figure we can just play it by ear, and
> leave the agenda to "opens".
>
> Bryce
>
>
>
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7 years, 4 months
