On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 9:59 PM, rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whats the best way to learn script-fu? > Is there a good online tutorial? A book? > Seems to be a ton of instruction material on the web and I was wondering > if anyone can recomend something specific > that they thought was the best way to get started with batch image > processing with gimp.
Yes. Learn Python instead, as Python, since GIMP 2.4+, is the preferred scripting language for gimp plugins, and it is far more approachable than script-fu, unless you have LISP/Scheme experience. . If you don't like that idea, or you cannot guarantee that your users will all be using 2.4 with Python support, you could visit http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/forum/GIMP-Plugins-Filters-and-Scripts-9-1.html since there is a script-fu there that does batch resizing -- you could modify it to do batch [whatever you want] or just study it. If you do like that idea, http://www.diveintopython.org is a great way to get started with Python, and http://blenderartists.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-84073.html provides an example batch processing python script which I will quote here, since it's not correctly indented there: #! /usr/bin/env python from gimpfu import * import glob def batch_unsharp_mask( file_pattern, radius, amount, threshold ): file_list=glob.glob(file_pattern) file_list.sort() for file_name in file_list: image = pdb.gimp_file_load(file_name, file_name) drawable = pdb.gimp_image_get_active_layer(image) pdb.plug_in_unsharp_mask(image, drawable, radius, amount, threshold) pdb.gimp_file_save(image, drawable, file_name, file_name) pdb.gimp_image_delete(image) register( "batch_unsharp_mask", "", "", "", "", "", "<Toolbox>/Xtns/Languages/Python-Fu/Test/_Batch Unsharp Mask", "", [ (PF_STRING, "file_pattern", "file_pattern", "*.png"), (PF_FLOAT, "radius", "Radius", 5.0 ), (PF_FLOAT, "amount", "Amount", 0.5 ), (PF_INT32, "threshold", "Threshold", 0 ) ], [], batch_unsharp_mask ) main() The 'gimptalk' link I gave also has a guide to getting GIMP-Python working in windows. If you're using Linux, it's probably already working and available :) After learning python, http://www.gimp.org/docs/python/index.html can provide you the details of how the GIMP API works in python. Hope that helps! _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
