Hexagonal grid plugin for GIMP 3.0

[Scallact]

Hi, this is the initial release of my python hexagonal grid plugin converted to the GIMP 3.0 API. The functionalities where also expanded, most notably with the sample sheet output, and a few bugs and calculations corrected.

By default, it creates an hexagonal grid, using a search algorithm for optimal rasterization. It can also output a sheet with multiple hexagonal grid samples, selected by quality, in a nice tabular format.

Requirements:
GIMP 3.0 (and probably later)

Intallation:
Extract the .zip file and place the pl_hexgrid folder inside your user profile's Plug-ins folder.
You can find the plugin at Filters > Render > Pattern

Excerpt from the readme:

Quote:This GIMP plugin aims to draw regular hexagonal grids that fit the pixel grid as perfectly as possible, avoiding some common artefact like blurred vertical or horizontal lines. This optimisation also ensures that each hexagon is exactly the same and symmetrical.

As no perfect fit exists between a square grid (pixels) and an hexagonal one, hexagons' proportions are slightly stretched. The amount of deformation depends on their size. The working size factor of the plugin is the apothem, i.e. the distance between the center and the middle of a face. The user interface presents a more understandable "width" parameter, a measure of the distance between two faces.

Hope it is useful for someone. The included help is very basic and a bit technical for now, don't hesitate if you have some questions.

Cheers!
Pascal

[denzjos]

Scallact, nice gimp plugin but generating paths would be better.

[Scallact]

(Yesterday, 04:35 PM)denzjos Wrote: Scallact, nice gimp plugin but generating paths would be better.

Dude, there's a checkbox litterally saying "Keep the path". I don't think I can write it more clearly. 

[denzjos]

(Yesterday, 04:55 PM)Scallact Wrote:

(Yesterday, 04:35 PM)denzjos Wrote: Scallact, nice gimp plugin but generating paths would be better.

Dude, there's a checkbox litterally saying "Keep the path". I don't think I can write it more clearly. 

I tested the plugin quickly, not always well. About the plugin: Well done. For Gimp 3 I expect many path plugins (as available for Gimp 2.10). Especially the gimp 2.10 path plugins like those of Ottia Tuota and Ofnuts are indispensable.

[Ofnuts]

(Yesterday, 04:55 PM)Scallact Wrote:

(Yesterday, 04:35 PM)denzjos Wrote: Scallact, nice gimp plugin but generating paths would be better.

Dude, there's a checkbox litterally saying "Keep the path". I don't think I can write it more clearly. 

Welcome to the club

[Scallact]

(Yesterday, 07:09 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Welcome to the club

The to hell is     with good intentions !

[Ofnuts]

(Yesterday, 07:37 PM)Scallact Wrote:

(Yesterday, 07:09 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Welcome to the club

The to hell is  with good intentions !

Depends on your .

[Scallact]

Depends on your .


If your is not with my , then this conversation is not at the I thought it was, and it's time to on and re- our expectations.

Damn, I'm sabotaging my own thread.
 

[denzjos]

(Yesterday, 07:09 PM)Ofnuts Wrote:

(Yesterday, 04:55 PM)Scallact Wrote:

(Yesterday, 04:35 PM)denzjos Wrote: Scallact, nice gimp plugin but generating paths would be better.

Dude, there's a checkbox litterally saying "Keep the path". I don't think I can write it more clearly. 

Welcome to the club

It's always fun that I can start a nice conversation