Michael, Jay - Thanks for the response :) I'll be trying to implement the idea for GSoC, was just making sure there is no way of doing it which is unknown to me.
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Jay Smith <j...@jaysmith.com> wrote: > On 03/30/2010 01:22 PM, Michael J. Hammel wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 22:31 +0530, Tarun Samvedi wrote: > >> Is there any way of defining a sequence of actions that could be used > >> later? > >> for instance, if I apply auto-color, auto-contrast and cartoon filter > >> to a lot of images, is there a way of defining this sequence so it can > >> be done in a single step? > > > > Current version does not support recording actions directly. Instead > > you need to write a plugin using one of the supported languages: Python, > > Script-Fu or C. For something simple like this python is probably the > > easiest to learn. For more complex plugins I write C plugins, but then > > I'm more comfortable with C than Python. > > I am glad that Tarun brought this up. > > Question: Has somebody written a generic large script or set of scripts > or "library" of script components that would allow an "ordinary user" > with only the most basic programming skills to grab the bits they need > for their particular "sequence of actions"? Something that a basic user > could edit down to what they need or cut/paste out the bits they need? > > I know one could study existing scripts and try to learn from them, but > that is different than a script that is fully commented and designed for > the purpose of taking the modular bits you need to build your own > modular script. > > IMHO, the lack of a "recording actions" function, is the weakest aspect > of Gimp. Photoshop 5 had this (though it was somewhat limited) along > with batch-running operations .... and that was released in May 1998, 12 > years ago. > > I appreciate that such a "recording actions" feature will become > available when somebody steps up to create it. (And no, I do not have > the skills to do so.) > > I am sure that Sven will rip me a new one for saying so.... though I > have the utmost respect for the folks that have the skills and time to > do such programing, but I want to "use Gimp", not "learn a program > language". > > Jay > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user >
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