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New User needing help with Plugins

August 5, 2008 - 22:33 — Wolf74159

Hi. I'm really new to GIMP and I'm very confused about Plugins. I was trying to generate a 3-dimensional text logo, and I realized I needed a plugin. Where do I find plug-ins and how do I download them?

‹ New user, trying to install GAP on Linux machine at work Really need this script ›
August 6, 2008 - 22:02 — PhotoComiX

New User needing help with Plugins

Easy reply to first question :obviously you may found some plugins for gimp here

about how to download:
you download plugins or scripts as any other kind of files by clicking the download link

more exactly in windows usually you may double click on the download link or RIGHT click and chose from menu that will pop out "save target as" and chose where

August 13, 2008 - 09:25 — paulcohn

follow up question

I don't see a download link - for example, I'm looking at Filtered BW and don't see a way to download it. I'm sorry to ask, but am I missing something?

August 14, 2008 - 02:26 — photofun

After downloading - then where does it go?

I was able to download a plugin filter but I'm not sure where to put it?

August 17, 2008 - 13:07 — PhotoComiX

1 if you do not see a

1 if you do not see a download link you may see a "attachment" ,click there to download

2 put your filter script or whatever in a folder where you like
then start gimp. go in Toolbox/File/preference/folder/ plugin
(plugin for plugins, script for scripts, brush for brushes...) click New folder icon there and use the search button to find that folder.