[Gimp-user] smooth the image

[lasercurrent <forums gimpusers com>]

> No easy way that I can think of. 
>
> Using the gmic_gimp plugin www.gmic.eu First a smooth(NL-Mean) then a
> Constrained Sharpen gave a sort of result, a bit too much 'fuzzy',
> which made a big 3 MB file. (even a xcf.gz was > 1 MB)
>
> Using paths is the way to go.
>
> Truthfully Gimp is not the best tool, use a vector application such as
> Inkscape. However not easy to get that exact spiral even in Inkscape,
> so a center line trace, then back into Gimp and stroked the path. That
> one not too large, so attached. The path is in the paths dialogue.
>
> Guessing you originally used gfig - ancient plugin, should be retired.

Well done this is precisely what I was trying to do.

I tried using paths in gimp but I guess I needed to try center path from
Inkscape which you did.

Greatly appriciated.

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