News

•   Python-FU
  Thursday, 10/23/2008: Started posting Python scripts, starting with a request to furnish a preview screen for the high-pass-sharpen script. Check it out at the:
  new Python-FUs page.



•   Script-fu package update
  Wednesday, 10/22/2008: Second update since the release of the GIMP-2.6.x series. Download from the bottom of the scripts download page.

Older News

• You may have noticed some SCRIPT-FUs (a lot) no longer work when you upgrade the GIMP. Moving from 2.2 to 2.4, the scripting engine itself was changed. And of course, with each GIMP update some of the underlying programming calls and parameters are changed. This is a normal process in software development. I spent some time getting my favorites back into working shape (I'm not the original author of most of these..)
  
  In Oct '07 I posted 26 scripts, but they have been increasing in number and refinement with every release. I also continue to update deprecated code, tweak to make sure they are only "active" for the image mode they are appropriate for, fix little glitches like leaving undo steps unaccounted for, etc.
  
  I update these as often as needed, when I can and I compressed them into both a zip and bz2-ed package (same, just compressed different) for folks to download. (No installer or anything, just plop them into your GIMP scripts folder.)

• Freetype plugin (used to angle/stretch text into images) is reported missing in the Windows 2.4.3 version of the GIMP. Happily, PhotoComiX over on DeviantART compiled it and put it in a download at:
  Lost-Found-Gimp-Freetype
  
  Includes usage tutorials in both English and Italian. Flatteringly, the tutorial from this site freetype plugin usage is included as a PDF.

• Printing - For Linux users, get the gutenprint package rather than the old gimp-print, if that's what you were using. You will need it. (It is nicer anyway. :)

Site Development

• Finally getting around to giving the site a face-lift. Hope you all like the new look. Now if I can only find the time to make a proper resources page to list good, live links for GIMP info and downloads . . .



• Trying to find the time to make better video demos. These will be AVI files (instead of flash) and include labels inside the videos for the step-by-step. I have already tested this (using ffmpeg and imagemagick and xvidcap) and it is MUCH better than what I have so far. Just very time-consuming. I'll get to it, just don't know how soon.