an ADDITIONAL extraction type component

the current extraction type components all work the same way, they have source, channel and invert inputs, but only one output. you can change which channel gets outputted with the internal property or by using a control. but, that requires using 3 extraction components if you want all the channels back in your assemble component.

i would like to see an additonal extraction component that has 3 outputs, one for each channel. the outputs would be fixed based on the channels themselves. so, in an RGB extraction you would have inputs of source, channel and invert as before, but on the output side you would have 3 outputs, R, G and B. in fact, you probably wouldnt even need the 'channel' part on the input in this one.

plese note, i like the current extraction components, so this one i'm suggesting would be an ADDITIONAL one, not a replacement. both would have a use. the current works fine but tends to add clutter to the edit workspace, especially in large, complex filters. and if you want to use controls to control the channels in the current type, that is taking 3 precious controls out the current possible 10 we can use.

craig

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Vladimir Golovin wrote: i like the current extraction components

Well, I disagree -- they're not too convenient. What annoys me most is that when I need to process only one channel of the image, I have to build all this 3xExtract/3xAssemble thing. Yes it does the job, but it can be done better.

I hope I will have a chance to revisit the Channel components, but currently we just don't have time.

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Kraellin wrote: the problem here is, you havent got a lot of bugs

Yep -- and we've already fixed more than half of bugs we've got from this beta. But the submission/approval process remains problematic -- both on the technical side and on the editorial side.