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Export Layers as PNG

cr33dog — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 03:15:21 +0200

File->Export Layers->

Prompts for a folder to save PNG files. Pretty straightforward.

Tested in 2.6.1 on linux and 2.6.6 on XP.

LayerGroups subsystem for Gimp

melocotone — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:23:53 +0200

LayerGroups subsystem for Gimp

New version 1.0a, uploaded June 30, 2009

LayerGroups is a comprehensive layer groups subsystem for GIMP. It allows the creation of groups and subgroups of layers without limitation, based on the layer names. It allows you to hide or show many layers simultaneously, link or unlink them, rename them, delete them, duplicate them in the same image or to another image, move them up or down in the layer stack (raise or lower) in relation to a specific reference layer, generate external image files (for example png, gif, jpeg etc) from each of the layers of the group, and several other operations.

The selection of layers for the group can be enhanced with filters, for example only layers that are linked, or contain a specific keyword in the name.

LayerGroups contains a built-in help system that works two ways: when you are on the GIMP menu system with the mouse above one of the menu options you get a multi-line window with help and instructions on how to use the specific functionality and when you are in the dialog box where you enter the parameters, there is a menu that you can open to read the same help text. This help system is prepared in such a way that it can be easily translated into other languages, like French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.

LayerGroups has been thoroughly tested in a project with images containing hundreds of layers where most of the mentioned layer group functionality was required. As a useful spill off, the LayerGroups script contains many generic script-fu functions that could be very useful in other scripts for GIMP. It has been tested under Windows XP and Vista with Gimp Portable version 2.6.6 and under Ubuntu Linux, Gimp version 2.6.6. To install the script, copy the script file "mig-gimp-layer-groups.scm" to the scripts directory and from GIMP execute the menu option Filters->Script-Fu->Refresh scripts. You should get a new main menu option labeled 'LayerGroups' between 'Filters' and 'Windows'.

New version 1.0a: features

The new version 1.0a has a built in option to allow the LayerGroups subsystem to be placed under the 'Layer' menu of the Gimp image window. By the default you get a new 'LayerGroups' menu entry directly in the Gimp Image window. If you change the script file at line 35 - which contains the text '#f' in the first 2 characters - (change the 2nd character in that line from 'f' to 't') the 'LayerGroups' menu entry will become a sub-menu entry of the 'Layer' menu entry. Use any text editor to edit the 'mig-gimp-layer-groups.scm' file. For example, under Windows you can use NotePad to edit the file. Make sure the saved file maintains the extension '.scm'

This new version contains some bug corrections and new functionality. The new functionality includes 'delete linked layers', 'reverse the stack order of a layer group' and 'reverse the stack order of the currently linked layers'.

Flash SWF Export

Bart — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:08:01 +0100

A Python plugin that exports a GIMP image as a Shockwave Flash file or the layers of an GIMP image as a Shockwave Flash animation. The package "swftools" is required.

Presented by area42 - Agentur & Systempartner

Download, screenshot and more information at

http://my.opera.com/area42/blog/flash-swf-export-for-gimp

Phoca Save Icons

H13 — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:26:18 +0100

This script (script-fu) allows users saving PNG with different size formats at once. It is useful if you are creating e.g. icons and you want to save all size formats at once. You can select:
- 512 x 512px
- 256 x 256px
- 128 x 128px
- 64 x 64px
- 48 x 48px
- 32 x 32px
- 22 x 22px
- 16 x 16px
See description here:
http://www.phoca.cz/documents/35-gimp/126-saving-png-image-with-differen...

CSSdev for Gimp 0.5

Bart — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:30:26 +0200

Creating XHTML source and cascading stylesheet from any Layer of the image. Supported features:

Default font
Background color, font color and link color
clipping
visibilty and opacity
z-index and name
position, width and height
Text layers and text styles (requires Gimp 2.5.x or higher)

Presented by area42 - Agentur & Systempartner

Download, screenshot and more information at

http://my.opera.com/area42/blog/cssdev-for-gimp

gimp2css

nacos — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:51:29 +0200

This is rather old stuff, I was looking for an easy way to create html templates in an easy but open source kind of way. It is a perl-fu plugin for Gimp which allows you to draw your template as a multi-layered image, then automatically export it to html + individual png files. It was originally written for Gimp v.1, but it seems to work fine with Gimp v.2

# AUTHOR: Michael K. Nacos
# LICENSE: GPL (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)
# DESCRIPTION: perl-fu plugin for gimp which converts a multi-layered
# image to an html template + corresponding png images
# DEPENDENCIES: you need gimp, perl (doh!) and the Gimp::Perl module
# INSTALL: satisfy the above, then place script in ~/.gimp plug-ins dir
# USAGE: start by creating a new image (e.g. 1024x76 and adding all
# individual decorative elements in individual transparent gimp layers
# each layer will be converted to a separate png file with the same
# name as the gimp layer, size cropped to a minimum
# an appropriate html file with individual div blocks and css positioning
# will be automatically created
# KNOWN BUGS: you have to save at least once the layered file (.xcf)
# before application of this script. images are deposited in the dir
# you select but html file is deposited in the directory gimp runs in
# (this is not a problem if you cd to the directory you want before running
# gimp from the command line. in gimp 2 you may not undo the flatten
# operation after this script completes.
# DISCLAIMER: this is an old file. it works for me! please don’t flame.