11-18-2021, 09:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-18-2021, 09:57 AM by rich2005.
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First of all, what version of Gimp (from repository or flatpak or snap ) is installed Also version of linux might help.
Some newer versions of linux, latest Debian / Ubuntu 20.04 and later /Mint 20 provide a Gimp 2.10 that does not support python (that is python 2 that Gimp uses) and the plugin will not work with the version of Gimp from the repositories. Similarly the SNAP Gimp 2.10 version from Ubuntu does not support python. Avoid that version.
If you have a regular Gimp installation that does support python then the place for the plugin is in your Gimp user profile, and it is hidden in your home partition so enable hidden files and look for ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins/
You can use a terminal for this but these days the regular file manager that comes with linux should do it . The startrail.py plugin needs to be executable. If you downloaded the whole zip from https://github.com/themaninthesuitcase/g...master.zip it already is but check anyway.
This a 60 second example so do not blink: https://i.imgur.com/ShLz3bJ.mp4
What to do if you have a Gimp with no python. The flatpak version (see http://www.gimp.org) has built-in python support, but the Gimp user profile is in a different place. Buried down in ~/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins Put the plugin there.
How does the plugin work ? It needs a sequence of images, time lapse maybe. It needs an open image, empty will do for the python dialogue to show. Run the plugin. File -> Create -> Startrail Locate the image sequence and set the values
30 second example: https://i.imgur.com/t7XI0Kr.mp4
Some newer versions of linux, latest Debian / Ubuntu 20.04 and later /Mint 20 provide a Gimp 2.10 that does not support python (that is python 2 that Gimp uses) and the plugin will not work with the version of Gimp from the repositories. Similarly the SNAP Gimp 2.10 version from Ubuntu does not support python. Avoid that version.
If you have a regular Gimp installation that does support python then the place for the plugin is in your Gimp user profile, and it is hidden in your home partition so enable hidden files and look for ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins/
You can use a terminal for this but these days the regular file manager that comes with linux should do it . The startrail.py plugin needs to be executable. If you downloaded the whole zip from https://github.com/themaninthesuitcase/g...master.zip it already is but check anyway.
This a 60 second example so do not blink: https://i.imgur.com/ShLz3bJ.mp4
What to do if you have a Gimp with no python. The flatpak version (see http://www.gimp.org) has built-in python support, but the Gimp user profile is in a different place. Buried down in ~/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP/config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins Put the plugin there.
How does the plugin work ? It needs a sequence of images, time lapse maybe. It needs an open image, empty will do for the python dialogue to show. Run the plugin. File -> Create -> Startrail Locate the image sequence and set the values
30 second example: https://i.imgur.com/t7XI0Kr.mp4