Focal Blade multiple thread support
Focal Blade multiple thread support
With Hyper-Threading and now Dual Cores I was wondering if Focal Blade plans on leveraging these technologies? It seems that Focal Blade is single threaded as I watch one CPU get nailed when Focal Blade is processing while the other sits idle. Seems PS CS and other plugins (soon Neat Image) do or will leverage the multiple CPUs, will Focal Blade at some point?
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I guess it also depends on what images you process. If you process 16 Megapixel photos, FocalBlade will run much slower. If you process 4 or 6 Megapixel photos, FocalBlade will need much less time.
Still, FocalBlade does more complex stuff than most other sharpening filters, so it also needs longer to render. As a result you also get a higher quality result.
Still, FocalBlade does more complex stuff than most other sharpening filters, so it also needs longer to render. As a result you also get a higher quality result.
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I am going to get a quadcore...
I have tested FocalBlade and like the results very much. However it's way too slow for processing scanned medium format images (6x7 film, around 8800x6000 pixels in 16-bit color depth - huge files.)
I am going to buy a quad-core processor this year; right now the cost is over $800 but I read on the web that quad-core processor prices from Intel will drop below $300 before the end of the year. I think more and more people are going to increase their processing power by going multi-core due to the dropping prices.
Unfortunately FocalBlade still doesn't support multiprocessing - if it did, the speed difference would be HUGE. What is the current situation with the multiprocessing support and other speed improvements?
I am going to buy a quad-core processor this year; right now the cost is over $800 but I read on the web that quad-core processor prices from Intel will drop below $300 before the end of the year. I think more and more people are going to increase their processing power by going multi-core due to the dropping prices.
Unfortunately FocalBlade still doesn't support multiprocessing - if it did, the speed difference would be HUGE. What is the current situation with the multiprocessing support and other speed improvements?
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The next major upgrade of FocalBlade will render much faster on single core processors and even faster on hyperthreading and multi-core processors.
Still, FocalBlade will never be as fast as Photoshop's Unsharp Mask filter, because it does much more internal processing which also leads to better sharpening results.
Still, FocalBlade will never be as fast as Photoshop's Unsharp Mask filter, because it does much more internal processing which also leads to better sharpening results.
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Bought a quad-core processor today...
I just upgraded my dual-core CPU to quad (Intel Core 2 Q6600, 2.4GHz quad-core) for just 269EUR - the same price I paid for my dual core 2.13GHz Intel processor just a year ago. This autumn is definitely a good time for increasing processing power
I hope the parallelized Focalblade is coming along... I will gladly help with any beta testing you might need done. I am a software developer myself and know the difference between useful and useless bug reports.
I hope the parallelized Focalblade is coming along... I will gladly help with any beta testing you might need done. I am a software developer myself and know the difference between useful and useless bug reports.