Photobooth "look" - python script

[gasMask]

(01-11-2026, 09:11 PM)chlowden007 Wrote:

(01-09-2026, 10:41 AM)rich2005 Wrote: I have not seen any sympathy from coders to get involved in a fixing AI code, but who knows,  maybe one someone will help.

If I was a coder, I certainly would not be very sympathetic.  What you have done is confirm to me what I have always suspected ... AI coding is all about talking the talk and not really walking the walk. If I had coded this with very little I know, I would have got an equally unsatisfactory result.
The goal of the script is to replicate an ektachrome, old photobooth with the 4 vertical, passport pictures. Asking Gemini about how to do it, produced a very convincing history of the photobooth and a script to replicate these "technologies" in GIMP.
I had very little faith in the script working, but I thought that someone could confirm if it is complete junk or not.
Thank you for your thoughts.

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(01-10-2026, 02:45 PM)gasMask Wrote: Hi,
The code is very rough. It's output isn't very useful as is, but it runs now. I had some help with Google AI and and ChatGPT.

Thank you for taking a look at it. 
I wrote the script for linux & mac but I notice that there is a Windows path. I presume that the windows does have any impact in the script, as I can't get it to run. Currently, I have your script installedon a mac in 
/Users/admin/Library/Application Support/GIMP/3.0/scripts
which is set in the preferences. After Gimp restart it is not appearing in the filter. When I copy your script into the GIMP Python console, I let loads of indent errors.
Were you ableto get it working?
Thank you

Hi,
The Window's path won't effect the plug-in's in any way because the path is inside a comment.

The zipped plug-in folder needs to sit within a Gimp recognized "plug-in" folder. You can find the recognized plug-in folders in the Gimp's Edit/Preferences dialog.

I'm not a console developer, but I'm sure copying and pasting sections of code doesn't work there.

The plug-in runs for me, but in order to make it useful, you will need to understand Python, and make necessary alterations to the code with a code editor.