Comments on: What is GIMP’s equivalent of Photoshop’s Median filter?

By: lfzawacki

lfzawacki — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:52:05 +0000

Thanks, that helped me a lot

Also nice use for a median filter!

By: Photoshop median filter in GIMP is called despeckle filter | Nobody was Born with Linux Knowledge

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:01:00 +0000

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By: Aimran

Aimran — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:13:41 +0000

Thanks, Dossy. I was looking for that filter equivalent and you helped greatly .

“However, it is an open source project: you are generally encouraged to contribute whatever you can, even documentation, to it.”

I’m not a programmer but you have given me an idea how to contribute back to the Open Source movement. Once again, thanks!

By: Dossy Shiobara

Dossy Shiobara — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:26:16 +0000

Stuart: You’re right, the lack of documentation in many open source projects – not all, mind you, some have excellent documentation, better than some commercial applications – is a real hurdle. However, it is an open source project: you are generally encouraged to contribute whatever you can, even documentation, to it.

Look at it this way: Assume for a moment that Photoshop CS4 and Gimp were functionally equivalent (I know they are not, just pretend for a moment, please). Would you consider paying the $699 for Photoshop CS4 for its documentation alone?

I don’t value the documentation that highly, so I gladly use Gimp without documentation but also without the extra cost. Other folks like yourself clearly feel differently, and open source may not be the best solution in some cases.

By: Stuart Halliday

Stuart Halliday — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:18:06 +0000

Of course the main difference between PS and Gimp is that you don’t have to puzzle over cryptic filters and lack of documentation in PS.
Gimp developers need to write a few words on what does what!

It’s my biggest gripe about open source programs.

By: Franta

Franta — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:24:39 +0000

man, median filter application is mainly to remove the salt-pepper noise, not to make wavy edges… I like the way you think

By: Dossy

Dossy — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:40:23 +0000

Yes, GIMP doesn’t seem to antialias the curve as much as Photoshop does. It would be nice to add an “antialias” setting in GIMP so it could be controlled.

Regarding the speck on the left side, I’m not sure if it’s an scaling artefact or the Despeckle filter, or something else. If I get a chance, I’ll try to reproduce it and see.

Thanks for commenting!

By: Trebawa

Trebawa — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:00:56 +0000

Personally, I like the way the GIMP preserved the straightness of the lines as the approach the edge. But is that little dot in the GIMP image a scaling artifact or a result of the Despeckle filter?