"The Gimp" and its plugins?

On Jan 29, 9:53 am, Richard Polhill
wrote:
Alan Browne wrote:
RolandRB wrote:

Does anyone use "The Gimp" as an image editor and if so, which plugins
do you recommend?

I used a couple years ago under both Windows and Linux.

The main complaint I have is while doing USM that you have to set the
parameter, let it run, examine the result, undo, change parameters, run
it... eg: the pre-viewing while adjusting is not very good. They may
have improved it in the meantime.

My other complaint is that it ran in 8-bit image mode. There was a
separate version of it that did images in 16 bit, however it missed a
lot of the other upgrades to the main Gimp edition.

In short, the user interface is not as natural to use as PS, and the 16
bit image mode is not (was not, anyway) in the main release.

It's worth a try (as it costs nothing but time), but keep your
expectations in check.

Cheers,
Alan

Progressed a lot since then. You may be impressed with the current version.



yeah, definitely. but it *STILL* doesn't do 16 bit... :-(
there is a plug-in that's supposed to let it use 16-bit files,
but it crashed my Windoze box when I tried it. Haven't tried
that one in Linux, though.

Toni Nikkanen wrote:

Lassi Hippeläinen writes:

If you want to scan directly from Gimp, you'll need the Xsane
plugin. I'm not sure if it comes with the Windows or Mac versions by
default. It doesn't with Kubuntu Linux packages, but it is only a few
clicks away in Synaptic.

Is the Gimp better than Photoshop in this respect? What I mean is that
if I scan directly into Photoshop, the application is blocked until the
scanning is complete (which makes the feature useless if I can scan 4-24
frames at the same time - I'd rather scan into files using a separate
application in that case.)

The plugin is blocked, but Gimp itself can still run (at least in Linux).
You can edit the previous picture while the next one gets scanned in the
background.

BTW, I forgot to mention that there is a Gimp-PhotoShop hybrid called
GimpShop. The Gimp engine hiding behind a very PS-like user interface.
http://www.gimpshop.net/

-- Lassi

RolandRB wrote:



On 29 Jan, 12:00, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
Richard Polhill wrote:
RolandRB wrote:
Does anyone use "The Gimp" as an image editor and if so, which plugins
do you recommend?

Yes it is a perfectly acceptable alternative to PhotoShop. Interface
may take some getting used to but no more than Photoshop's.Agree in
both cases.

I have not yet found the need for any plugins, in fact the compiled
binaries on Windows and Mac OS come with verious special effects plug
ins that mostly I've never even looked at.If you want to scan directly
from Gimp, you'll need the Xsane plugin.
I'm not sure if it comes with the Windows or Mac versions by default. It
doesn't with Kubuntu Linux packages, but it is only a few clicks away in
Synaptic.

What plug ins do you think you might need?I.e. what effects do you
need?

I note they have a despckler but I was wanting something more to
reduce film grain.

Haven't tested them all (too many). If you don't find anything that suits
your tastes, you can always write your own with Python.

-- Lassi

On 30 Jan, 19:50, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
RolandRB wrote:

On 29 Jan, 12:00, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
Richard Polhill wrote:
RolandRB wrote:
Does anyone use "The Gimp" as an image editor and if so, which plugins
do you recommend?

Yes it is a perfectly acceptable alternative to PhotoShop. Interface
may take some getting used to but no more than Photoshop's.Agree in
both cases.

I have not yet found the need for any plugins, in fact the compiled
binaries on Windows and Mac OS come with verious special effects plug
ins that mostly I've never even looked at.If you want to scan directly
from Gimp, you'll need the Xsane plugin.
I'm not sure if it comes with the Windows or Mac versions by default. It
doesn't with Kubuntu Linux packages, but it is only a few clicks away in
Synaptic.

What plug ins do you think you might need?I.e. what effects do you
need?

I note they have a despckler but I was wanting something more to
reduce film grain.

Haven't tested them all (too many). If you don't find anything that suits
your tastes, you can always write your own with Python.

Do you mean as a plugin or separate. If a plugin then I get the
impression that maybe the Gimp has come to the end of the line with
its current architecture. I don't know how difficult it would be to
change a plugin to work with a new architecture when it come along.

RolandRB wrote:
On 30 Jan, 19:50, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
....
Haven't tested them all (too many). If you don't find anything that suits
your tastes, you can always write your own with Python.

Do you mean as a plugin or separate. If a plugin then I get the
impression that maybe the Gimp has come to the end of the line with
its current architecture. I don't know how difficult it would be to
change a plugin to work with a new architecture when it come along.

You can write your own plugin using Python. I wouldn't call it the end
of the architecture - quite the opposite: the architecture is very
flexible, since you can hang your own dongles on it using a well
documented API.
http://www.gimp.org/docs/python/index.html

-- Lassi

On 31 Jan, 12:05, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
RolandRB wrote:
On 30 Jan, 19:50, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
...
Haven't tested them all (too many). If you don't find anything that suits
your tastes, you can always write your own with Python.

Do you mean as a plugin or separate. If a plugin then I get the
impression that maybe the Gimp has come to the end of the line with
its current architecture. I don't know how difficult it would be to
change a plugin to work with a new architecture when it come along.

You can write your own plugin using Python. I wouldn't call it the end
of the architecture - quite the opposite: the architecture is very
flexible, since you can hang your own dongles on it using a well
documented API.http://www.gimp.org/docs/python/index.html

-- Lassi

Can I do this on a Windows XP PC?

RolandRB wrote:
On 31 Jan, 12:05, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
RolandRB wrote:
On 30 Jan, 19:50, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
...
Haven't tested them all (too many). If you don't find anything that suits
your tastes, you can always write your own with Python.
Do you mean as a plugin or separate. If a plugin then I get the
impression that maybe the Gimp has come to the end of the line with
its current architecture. I don't know how difficult it would be to
change a plugin to work with a new architecture when it come along.
You can write your own plugin using Python. I wouldn't call it the end
of the architecture - quite the opposite: the architecture is very
flexible, since you can hang your own dongles on it using a well
documented API.http://www.gimp.org/docs/python/index.html

-- Lassi

Can I do this on a Windows XP PC?

It's a Gimp feature. Should work with any OS.

-- Lassi

On 31 Jan, 12:51, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
RolandRB wrote:
On 31 Jan, 12:05, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
RolandRB wrote:
On 30 Jan, 19:50, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
...
Haven't tested them all (too many). If you don't find anything that suits
your tastes, you can always write your own with Python.
Do you mean as a plugin or separate. If a plugin then I get the
impression that maybe the Gimp has come to the end of the line with
its current architecture. I don't know how difficult it would be to
change a plugin to work with a new architecture when it come along.
You can write your own plugin using Python. I wouldn't call it the end
of the architecture - quite the opposite: the architecture is very
flexible, since you can hang your own dongles on it using a well
documented API.http://www.gimp.org/docs/python/index.html

-- Lassi

Can I do this on a Windows XP PC?

It's a Gimp feature. Should work with any OS.

Then I might look into it.

On 31 Jan, 13:12, "RolandRB" wrote:
On 31 Jan, 12:51, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:





RolandRB wrote:
On 31 Jan, 12:05, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
RolandRB wrote:
On 30 Jan, 19:50, Lassi Hippeläinen
wrote:
...
Haven't tested them all (too many). If you don't find anything that suits
your tastes, you can always write your own with Python.
Do you mean as a plugin or separate. If a plugin then I get the
impression that maybe the Gimp has come to the end of the line with
its current architecture. I don't know how difficult it would be to
change a plugin to work with a new architecture when it come along.
You can write your own plugin using Python. I wouldn't call it the end
of the architecture - quite the opposite: the architecture is very
flexible, since you can hang your own dongles on it using a well
documented API.http://www.gimp.org/docs/python/index.html

-- Lassi

Can I do this on a Windows XP PC?

It's a Gimp feature. Should work with any OS.

Then I might look into it.- Hide quoted text -

I've got python as part of Cygwin on my PC. Can I use that or does it
have to be another one?

Noons wrote:

yeah, definitely. but it *STILL* doesn't do 16 bit... :-(
there is a plug-in that's supposed to let it use 16-bit files,
but it crashed my Windoze box when I tried it. Haven't tried
that one in Linux, though.

Question is, does 2.3.* do it? There is no Slackware package so I will need
to compile from source. However, it has a fair few dependencies to be
compiled first si it will take a little while.

Pete

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