Crapadilla
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Just wondering... Are there any plans for a 64-bit version of Filter Forge?
 --- Crapadilla says: "Damn you, stupid redundant feature requests!" ;) |
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| Posted: August 14, 2007 12:00 pm | ||
StevieJ
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+2 That would be sweet!!!
Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: August 14, 2007 12:39 pm | ||
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Vladimir Golovin
Administrator |
Technically, a 64-bit version for Windows isn't a problem -- shouldn't take more than a month of work. However, I see no point in releasing a 64-bit edition since it won't bring any benefits, and most likely will just slow things down.
Here's a great article on 64-bitness and Photoshop, written by Scortt Byer, the software architect of Photoshop: http://blogs.adobe.com/scottbyer/2006...swhen.html |
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| Posted: August 15, 2007 4:55 am | ||
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StevieJ
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Really, no Benefits??? I would think that the color and detail enhancement would be like night and day.....but you certainly know how it would effect this program better than I. Does FF being scipt-based also bring limitations to it???
Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: August 15, 2007 10:07 am | ||
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Vladimir Golovin
Administrator |
Scott sums it up quite nicely. 64-bitness means larger address space, and that's basically it. For software which is already capable of handling large bitmaps, like Photoshop and Filter Forge, this brings no benefits.
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| Posted: August 16, 2007 10:49 am | ||
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StevieJ
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Ah, I thought 32 to 64 bitness would enhance picture info per bit/pixel.....interesting.....
Steve
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms..." - Clint :) |
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| Posted: August 16, 2007 10:59 am | ||
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Vladimir Golovin
Administrator |
FF already does everything in double-precision floating point, but unfortunately we couldn't find any image file format that supports this bit depth
Meanwhile you can use OpenEXR and PFM if you need higher precision per pixel. |
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| Posted: August 16, 2007 11:02 am | ||
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Crapadilla
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I recently installed FF on my new 64-bit rig running XP Pro x64 Edition. FF runs just fine on it, but I felt a little allergic itch while it installed into the dusty 'Program Files (x86)' folder.
--- Crapadilla says: "Damn you, stupid redundant feature requests!" ;) |
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| Posted: August 17, 2007 4:48 am | ||
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