Help on a filter

where is the filter?

The images I'm processing are approx. 8.5" x 11" at 300ppi.

Yes, that's the right one. When I open it in ff and just run it on the life saver, it takes 17 seconds. But when I run it on my image, it takes 20 to 23 minutes.

3000px wide by 2550px tall.

I have an optimized version.. I will post it here tomorrow

no, I'm not at home right now, but IIRC my thoughts were these when I looked at the graph:

1. Replace all the channelsplitting stuff in the bottom with one Extract HSB (B channel.. it should resemble something like the final result of all that channel mangling)

2. Adjust all noise modules so that details = roughness, and IIRC there was a high pass controlling a roughness.. high pass results mostly lay around 50 (127,5), so set that given noise modules details to 50

3. Enable all worley noises' (any noise that is not a perlin) "flat" option.. it is different, but can you tell?

Dunno if its too late.. here's an optimized version - had to make a few compromises, so its not a pixelperfect match to the original, but it should run a great deal faster. One change that could pose a problem regarding the "look" of the filter, is the new high pass alternative (it now creates a highpass map via the already in use blur).. if it doesn't work for you, simply set back the high pass to where brightness contrast now goes (I left the high pass just above that component).

I added a new control, "Expensive Details", which controls some of the noise detail parameters.. set that as low as you can (but too low settings will change the look drastically).

I also disabled the antialias settings for the presets so it process faster, and I actually think it looks better (more crispy).

Gouache - Sphinxmorphed.ffxml