Hi Kevin, a while ago we discussed how to change the heal tool so that it doesn't do it's time-expensive calculations while the user is painting but to delay it until after the mouse has been released. Have you tried to change the code in this direction? Do you need more help with this? Sven _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer