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Plugins & Scripts not found by GIMP Version 3.2.4
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Yesterday, 04:02 PM
I'm accustomed to using both plugins & scripts that are provided by third parties for use in GIMP.  Have been doing this for quite a while with many different versions of GIMP.  While I have not used them yet in GIMP Version 3.0.2 they do appear on the menu when I start Ver3.0.2.  Plugins are on the menu item named Filters and scripts are on the menu item named Tools.  However, both are absent when I start Ver3.2.4.  Also, I have checked and have the corresponding folders in Preferences set to the same values in both versions.

It does occur to me that something might have been changed with respect to how they are invoked but if so I definitely need some help in figuring that out.
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Yesterday, 04:23 PM (This post was last modified: Yesterday, 04:50 PM by rich2005. Edit Reason: typo )
(Yesterday, 04:02 PM)ajax Wrote: ...big snip....
It does occur to me that something might have been changed ....

Script-fu scripts and python plugins written for Gimp 2.10 do not work with Gimp 3.  Much has changed with the commands and syntax.

There are a few plugins for Gimp 3 but not that many.  All depends what you want to do and your operating system.

Anything in particular...

Quote:While I have not used them yet in GIMP Version 3.0.2 they do appear on the menu when I start Ver3.0.2. Plugins are on the menu item named Filters and scripts are on the menu item named Tools. However, both are absent when I start Ver3.2.4.

Gimp 3.2.x makes its own user profile Gimp 3.0.x also has its own user profile. Any plugins / scripts that you have ....in say linux ~ /.config/GIMP/3.0/ you have to move to ~/.config/GIMP/3.2/
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(Yesterday, 04:23 PM)rich2005 Wrote:
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Gimp 3.2.x  makes its own user profile  Gimp 3.0.x also has  its own user profile. Any plugins / scripts that you have  ....in say linux ~ /.config/GIMP/3.0/ you have to move to   ~/.config/GIMP/3.2/

Sorry, should have thought to mention I'm running GIMP on Windows (10 in this case).

Per your saying the scripts and plugins from GIMP Version 2 don't work on GIMP Version 3, I have verified that the ones I've been using which do show up on Version 3.0.2 can also be opened.  This includes a script referred to as Arrow, and the GMIC plugin.  How well they work might take a little time to determine.
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Yes GMIC does work with vs3 but you must use the one that says it is for vs 3 not 2. When other scripts and or plugins come out they will say if they can be used with 3 or not.

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2 hours ago (This post was last modified: 20 minutes ago by rich2005. Edit Reason: typo )
(7 hours ago)ajax Wrote: ..snip...
Per your saying the scripts and plugins from GIMP Version 2 don't work on GIMP Version 3, I have verified that the ones I've been using which do show up on Version 3.0.2 can also be opened.  This includes a script referred to as Arrow, and the GMIC plugin.  How well they work might take a little time to determine.

A bit more about scripts and plugins and where they go. (using the current Gimp 3.2.x)

A script-fu such as arrow_V3.scm (the V3 is a give-away for Gimp 3) is strictly script-fu and goes in
C:\Users\"yourid"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.2\scripts. (not going to write all that again, just the end)

Increasingly common are script-fu which are plug-ins. The script starts with a shebang #!/usr/bin/env gimp-script-fu-interpreter-3.0 An example of this is the popular plug-in-heal-selection.scm which has to follow Gimp 3 rules and resides in its own folder plug-in-heal-selection in the plug-ins folder ...\GIMP\3.2\plug-ins.

The same applies to python plugins and executables (such as resynthesizer.exe). Drop the extension ...py or .exe and put in a folder of the same name in ...\GIMP\3.2\plug-ins For linux make the scm / py / binary file executable.

The only plugin I know of with an installer, is gmic_gimp_qt https://www.gmic.eu/download.html
Big labels there for versions. The Windows installer is very good, there is also a zip alternative, just be careful about manual installation

Edit: There is another class of "plugin" which you might come across, a GEGL filter. Typically something.dll (Win) or something.so (linux) and these go in
C:\Users\yourid\AppData\Local\gegl-0.4\plug-ins (Win) or ~/.local/share/gegl-0.4/plug-ins/ (linux)
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