Krzysztof Kosiński <tweenk.pl@...360...> writes:
We could do three things a) put in some logic to arbitrarily stop rendering an effect when the dependent area crosses some threshold b) use stacked box blur instead of true Gaussian blur (though I doubt it would be faster) c) speed up the existing Gaussian blur implementation - it shouldn't be that slow
Regards, Krzysztof
If it's OK to contribute my two cents as a user, I would prefer loss of quality in the work area over a slowdown. If for example zooming in to a blurred shape would make large chunky pixels visible, that is still better than having to contend with a slow system. So if you have a way of replacing the blurred object with a static bitmap instead of having to recalculate the blur every time the display changes, that would be acceptable. I'm talking about the work area display only, of course, not bitmap export.
BTW, I've been working with Inkscape in a production environment for years but lately I've upped my usage even more and I'm using it almost all day. Even though I have the latest version of Illustrator installed I still vastly prefer Inkscape - it is so much easier to work with.