gimpfu is a python module similar to python-fu which provides an interface for writing plug-ins for gimp in python
For more information refer to the Gimp Python Documentation
Questions tagged [gimpfu]
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Within a gimp python-fu plug-in can one create/invoke a modal dialog (and/or register a procedure that is ONLY to be added as a temp procedure?)
I am trying to add a procedure to pop-up a modal dialog inside a plug-in.
Its purpose is to query a response at designated steps within the control-flow of the plug-in (not just acquire parameters at its start).
I have tried using gtk - I get a…
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Errors when attempting to run Sphinx on some GIMP Python Plugin code
I am trying to use Sphinx to document a Python file, which is being used to implement a GIMP Plugin. The problem is, when I run;
make html
I get the following messages - which as can be seen below, yield an error;
sphinx-build -b html -d…
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How to run cage transform in python fu
I'd like to run the cage tool/cage transform from a python script.
The Python Procedure Browser can't find any entries while searching for "cage", "warp", "transform" and similar.
Also dir(pdb) don't list procedures with cage inside the…
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python-fu gimp get items list
How can I get the list of items in an image using python-fu? I've tried searching for a similar function in Python Procedure Browser and google but I couldn't find any. (My end goal is to select a text item on a layer and convert it to a path)
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Batch save all opened files in GIMP .xcf
I have a series of manually edited images and layers in GIMP, each set is in a single tab. All want to save all of them into different .xcf's.
I am aware of some scripts to export them as images (like this one), but I want to save them as .xcf, not…
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gimp python execution error
I spent awhile trying to get GIMP to register an example of the classic "hello world" plugin that I wrote to begin learning. Finally, I got it to register after double checking the file location and the path for plugins in GIMP's preferences as well…
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Gimp python-fu external editor importerror
I'm looking to build a script using Gimps build in Python extension.
I have run into a problem though, and these are my symptoms, perhaps someone here is able to help me.
When I run Python-fu from Gimp I get what you would expect, and a clear…
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High RAM usage of GIMP Python plugin when creating new images
I am trying to figure out why my GIMP plugin uses more and more RAM during it's execution. I wrote a simple test plugin to check if deleting images through pdb.gimp_image_delete works as intended:
image_id = pdb.gimp_image_new(500, 500, RGB)
while…
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Python and Gimp: How to properly kill the gimp process?
I'm using a python script which is invoked by the photo software gimp to convert pdf to jpg. So far, the script works fine, but when it is finished, a cmd window is left open by gimp saying "press any key to exit". This cmd window is the gimp.exe…
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Gimp, python-fu: Align layer with respect to background layer in image
The following code is used to align layer with respect to bottom background layer.
import os
from gimpfu import *
import gimpfu
import logging
def scale(logo, tdrawable, imageName):
logger = logging.getLogger()
logger.info('got…
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GIMP Script-Fu: "Error: (: 1) car: argument 1 must be: pair"
I'm rather new at using GIMP's script-fu, and I'm working on a script to go through a full folder of .tif image files, resize them to having a dimension a maximum size of 1200 pixels while maintaining the proportions of the image. It then will save…
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Access exif data from gimpfu plugin
I am trying to access an images exif data from inside a gimpfu plugin, specifically the date a photo was taken, I can do this with PIL,
from PIL import Image
date_taken = Image.open(file)._getexif()[36867]
But when I try to import PIL, the plugin…
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Python-Fu fails on directory selection (PF_DIRNAME)
Using Python-Fu/gimpfu, I was able to register a plugin and run it from the Script-Fu console.
But I could not run the plugin from the created GUI menu item.
No matter which entry I selected from either directory drop-down menu, I would receive…
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Edit image files with Gimp script-fu
I'm trying to edit a pdf file with 100 pages, all of them images I need to export as png, setting their image mode as greyscale, and setting also their resolution, width and heigth.
How can I write a scheme (or python) script that perform this…
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Python_fu plugin won't load in gimp
I am trying to write a gimp plugin using python_fu. I want it to take lots of identically sized layers and put them in a vertical line. This would be used for opening pdf files where each of the pages occupies one layer, and the plugin would put…
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