> Hi guys,
>
> I finally got Gimp installed and running for the purpose of writing a
> web
> application with image manipulation in perl.
>
> I've been scouring documentation and found a few useful tutorials. But
> I
> still don't have a complete picture.
>
> My first script (see below; I am running it from a shell) dies on save
> (I
> tried file_gif_save & file_bmp_save. Both fail. What am I doing wrong?
> What's a good place to find a tutorial that's directed specifically at
> stand-alone perl-server applications?
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Kate
>
> ================
> Here is my sample script:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> use Gimp qw(:auto );
> use strict;
>
> Gimp::set_trace(TRACE_ALL);
> sub do_stuff{
> my $size = '100x100';
> my $color = "#FFFF00";
> my $img = gimp_image_new($size, $size, RGB);
> my $layer = gimp_layer_new($img, $size, $size, RGB,
> "Layer 1", 100, NORMAL_MODE);
> gimp_image_add_layer($img, $layer, -1);
> gimp_palette_set_background($color);
> my $out = 'out.gif';
> # file_gif_save(RUN_NONINTERACTIVE, $img, $layer, $out, $out, 0, 0,
> 0, 0);
> file_bmp_save(RUN_NONINTERACTIVE, $img, $layer, $out, $out);
> }
Out of curiosity, I ran that and it gave the following output. (I only
added warnings and diagnostics)
================================================================
o...@eight-ten:~/Perlscripts$ perl dostuff
gimp_image_new(
INT32 width=100 "The width of the image (1 <= width <= 262144)"
INT32 height=100 "The height of the image (1 <= height
<= 262144)"
INT32 type=0 "The type of image { RGB (0), GRAY (1),
INDEXED (2) }"
) = (
IMAGE image=1 "The ID of the newly created image"
)
gimp_layer_new(
IMAGE image=1 "The image to which to add the layer"
INT32 width=100 "The layer width (1 <= width <= 262144)"
INT32 height=100 "The layer height (1 <= height <=
262144)"
INT32 type=0 "The layer type { RGB-IMAGE (0), RGBA-IMAGE
(1), GRAY-IMAGE (2), GRAYA-IMAGE (3), INDEXED-IMAGE (4),
INDEXEDA-IMAGE (5) }"
STRING name="Layer 1" "The layer name"
FLOAT opacity=100.000000 "The layer opacity (0 <=
opacity <= 100)"
INT32 mode=0 "The layer combination mode { NORMAL-MODE (0),
DISSOLVE-MODE (1), BEHIND-MODE (2), MULTIPLY-MODE (3),
SCREEN-MODE (4), OVERLAY-MODE (5), DIFFERENCE-MODE (6),
ADDITION-MODE (7), SUBTRACT-MODE (8), DARKEN-ONLY-MODE (9),
LIGHTEN-ONLY-MODE (10), HUE-MODE (11), SATURATION-MODE (12),
COLOR-MODE (13), VALUE-MODE (14), DIVIDE-MODE (15), DODGE-MODE
(16), BURN-MODE (17), HARDLIGHT-MODE (18), SOFTLIGHT-MODE
(19), GRAIN-EXTRACT-MODE (20), GRAIN-MERGE-MODE (21),
COLOR-ERASE-MODE (22), ERASE-MODE (23), REPLACE-MODE (24),
ANTI-ERASE-MODE (25) }"
) = (
LAYER layer=2 "The newly created layer"
)
gimp_image_add_layer(
IMAGE image=1 "The image"
LAYER layer=2 "The layer"
INT32 position=-1 "The layer position"
) = (
)
gimp_palette_set_background(
COLOR background=[1.000000,1.000000,0.000000,1.000000] "The
background color"
) = (
)
file_bmp_save(
INT32 run-mode=1 "Interactive, non-interactive"
IMAGE image=1 "Input image"
DRAWABLE drawable=2 "Drawable to save"
STRING filename="out.gif" "The name of the file to save
the image in"
STRING raw-filename="out.gif" "The name entered"
) = (
)
================================================================
o...@eight-ten:~/Perlscripts$ ls -l out*
-rw-r--r-- 1 owen owen 30054 2009-01-15 19:15 out.gif
================================================================
As you see, all went well and out.gif was produced.
Is your directory for out.gif writable?
Owen
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