Hi, GSR - FR <famrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > The plan is to remove the randomize and repeat functionality. That > > would allow us to also remove the (quite confusing) dialog. > > Filters->Blur->Blur would then be a simple blur with a 3x3 convolution > > kernel. It would be fast and easy to use but of course we it would be > > less powerful. So the question is, is anyone actually using this > > functionality? Are there scripts out there that rely on > > plug-in-blur-randomize to be available? > > Why not just ditch it completly then? If it just a 3x3 convolution > that you have to manually repeat, and there are already other filters > and scripts that do the same. The point of repeat is not having to > rerun manually to get a "bigger radius" blur. > > Someone was doing a version that used another channel to control the > repeats, which is a nice improvement. If that is accepted as > improvement it should stay, otherwise I see no reason to keep it along > the generic matrix one and its presets. Sorry, but what other scripts or plug-ins are you referring to? IMO it would be a good thing to have a simple and fast plug-in that does the job w/o a dialog and I fail to see what other plug-in would provide this functionality. Sven