Questions tagged [gimp]

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Gimp is an acronym for Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

The core of GIMP is implemented in .

Plug-ins may be implemented in a wide choice of languages, including , and and .

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gimp text on a dial placed at specific locations (degrees)

I have a (circular) dial. I would like to place text centered at a specific angle on the dial. A simple analogy would be a clock face with text above each hour mark. I can write text along an arc, placing text at the top (12h) position, then rotate…
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GIMP Python, toggle all paths visible or invisible, how?

I'm trying to create a GIMP Python plug-in to toggle visibility of all paths in the image on or off. This is to more easily process images with lots of paths (>100+) instead of endless clicking in the paths dialog. The GIMP Python documentation is…
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How to make black and white dotted image in photoshop.?

I am new to photoshop. I want to make image same link below image. this image was colored before this result. any one can tell me what should I do, for this.
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GIMP Python, selection based on path not the same as menu item "From Path"

I've created an image in GIMP 2.8 with several paths using Select -> To Path. Now I want to create a Python script that will loop through all these paths, make a selection based on each path, cut out the selection to a new image, do some additional…
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Bash write to background job's stdin after its launch

This is quite naive but I'll give it a shot. I would like to launch gimp from bash with gimp -i -b - & then read dbus signals in endless loop and post data obtained from these signals back to gimp I launched. The gimp -i -b - starts command line…
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Zeroing channels of cut out area

I imagine there is probably going to be an easy solution for this in GIMP, but I for the life of me can't figure it out. I'm using the color picker tool with the use info window selected to verify pixel values. Basically, I have some pixels in an…
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python-fu/ Map to Object: Wrong parameter type

after digging through my code over and over again, i am desperate enough to ask online, hoping that someone can help me. i am trying to develop a python-fu script, and one of it's essential parts is mapping the image to an object. But whenever i try…
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How do I print repeating images in a US-letter sized document in landscape orientation?

I just started using GIMP 2.8 I've watched many tutorials and read the user manual but I'm still not sure how I can make this work. I would like to create a US-letter sized document in landscape orientation (11" wide and 8.5" tall), and insert into…
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How to shrink selection from two sides in GIMP script?

I need to shrink selection in my GIMP script. Default shrink selection command shrinks the whole selection by given size value in pixels. (gimp-selection-shrink inImage 2) This would shrink selection by 2 pixels. But I don't want to shrink the…
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GIMP : Export any pictures in folder

first sorry for my English, I don't speak it fluently. So, I use gimp to export my pictures in BMP 24BIT : file-->export As--> select file_Type (by Extension) --> bmp --> Export --> do not write color space information (sheck) --> export (by…
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is there any way to connect GIMP with PHP?

is there any way to connect GIMP with PHP and use its libraries? It seems that all i do my development use linux as a production server example for resise image or croping
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How do you install jgimp?

How do you install jgimp as a plugin for gimp?
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Make an eyeball move from a static image

Not sure where or how to start, I have the 'like a sir' meme and have placed it on a single webpage http://mr-sir.duckdns.org/ what I want is when the visitor comes and moves around the cursor for the eyeball to move around ? do I have to make a…
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How can I batch combine 'png images in gimp? ie one background image with many overlays?

I have an image that I need to combine with a large number of QR codes individually, and then save as a new image. Is this possible to do using gimpfu or bimp? The QR codes need to be positioned specifically and I am having issues trying to…
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Running gimp plugins from shell on mac

I am facing some problem while trying to execute a batch plugin for gimp from shell on mac. I am using gimp 2.8. The problem is that if i run gimp from shell, using : /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/MacOS/gimp '(python-fu-test-hello-world)' It will…
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