A first shot at the script discussed here, to render all kinds of hatchings.

Code is still wet, expect bugs, misfeatures, etc... but read the doc before asking questions.

This is a first shot, more features could come later, dash ends, colors, more complex dash patterns.

The script is here.

Enjoy. And read the doc.

I installed gimp appimage 2.10.21 in ubuntu 20.04 having extracted it following Rich's advice. Again thanks to Rich I am able to run it from the terminal and by clicking on its icon in activities.
The cherry on the cake would be if I could have it appear as an option in "Open with".

I have searched the net and the advice I have found suggests adding %U at the end of the Exec= line and adding the MIME types to the .desktop file which I got from Rich.

Both of these I have tried without success. Any ideas would be appreciated.

david.

A really old little java program that applies a painting effect. A small choice of four styles. It does come from an earlier era when images where much smaller, so it can look as if nothing is happening, be patient it does not break any speed records. Change any of the settings, remember to click on the Apply Parameters  button to update.

   

Not that small    it does require the jre runtime : see: https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp  Linux users can get it from their repo look for OpenJDK Runtime Environment

Unzip the attachment somewhere: Then to run a java application

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I made a script that creates xcfs, does a few things and saves them. Problem is, it gradually fills up my memory when I execute it on many files.

The last command of the loop is pdb.gimp_xcf_save. So I wonder if I need to add a command to close the xcf of somehow clear the memory, but I didn't find such a thing.
Any idea?

Hi,
While I am sure this must be a common problem, I haven't found any post about it.
It is common knowledge that we should  flatten the layers of an image before exporting it, e.g. in .tif.
However, in haste we tend to forget, and the resulting file is corrupted. Not only it can't be opened, but I can't delete it either.
I tried everything suggested on the net related to the deletion of corrupted file, including rebooting in safe mode, but can't do.

Am I stuck with these files forever?
Cheers

I tried many times and on three different computers to open any one of the plugin executible (exe) files in the GIMP plugin folder in order to extract the plugins's dll file. I keep getting an error message stating that the "application is unable to start correctly" and nothing happens. The error code given is 0xc000007b. Please see the attached picture. 

I've tried everything including removiing and reinstalling versions of Microsoft Visual C ++, updating the NVIDIA drivers, reinstalling GIMP, installing various dll files and other things. No luck.

I'm assuming that if I can extract the dll files from their respective exe files in the GIMP plugin folder (about 130 of them) and then install them in that folder, that I will be able to add these plugins in GIMP. Am I assuming correctly? 

Has anyone experienced this issue and if so, have can you provide a fix?

Thanks for the help.

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I've been trying to make something for a while, and ran into some problems that led me needing to take a screenshot of something and then bring the png into GIMP as the starting point for my project. I added some images, then sized and aligned everything to fit the dimensions I need when I print. (The exact dimensions matter as this will be printed on card stock and made into boxes that need to fit in a bigger box.)

I tried printing out test pages, but it came out too small. Part of the problem is that my printer doesn't want to try printing the page size I need (A3), but instead will only print Letter. But this problem led me to looking into dpi, which led me to a different problem.

I click Image > Print Size and see the resolution is 3.78px/mm or 96 dpi.
I click File > Print > Image Settings and see that the resolution is somewhat higher. I try changing the resolution in this dialogue box to see if I can get it to 96 dpi, but it goes to a minimum of 4px/mm or 101.6 dpi, no lower.

My guess is that this disparity between the resolutions is the reason why it's printing too small. Am I right? What can I do about this? How can I get it to print the right size without completely overhauling everything?

Thank you.

Windows 10.0.18362
GIMP 2.10.20 (Revision 1)

I have an image with an aspect ratio of 0.62:1 and I want to change it to 0.71:1 and live with the distortion: the image includes text so it can't be cropped.   

As a new user, I have spent what seems like hours Googling "changing aspect ratio with Gimp" and trying without success the few answers I found.  

Can anyone please walk me through a method or point me to a tutorial?  I use Windows 10 and Gimp 2.10.20.

Rgds

Ruprecht

I have a picture of a sheet of music which came from a colour photograph .jpg and then was converted to grayscale in Gimp.

That hasn't make it black and white but instead gives me an overall grey cast on my HP black and white printer.

I tried setting it for indexed colour on black and white and that was terrible.

I have a whole heap of these to do and it would be good if I could find a quick simple way.

A few years ago I used to use Paintshop pro and if I remember right I had a kinda two keystroke fix for this - I think I just set it for a low color depth or something.

There's be something in Gimp I imagine?

I'll attach the particular one I mean today.

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I recently saw a video for Photoshop users on how to make photos look like an oil painting. Is it possible to do something like that using GIMP. Or is it better to use Krita ? I know both GIMP and Krita are awesome tools for painting. But I see that some people favour Krita more than GIMP when it comes to painting like projects. My Krita knowledge is very minimal and I have used it like 5 times in my life. And support is pathetic when I tried for Krita. I wonder whether there is a forum like this for asking doubts. Personally, if there is any good video I can rely on I will stick with GIMP and try to convert a couple of pics I have. Any help will be awesome.